My department is supposed to be implementing this new collaborative management structure where everyone has more input on decisions, but in practice the same two people dominate every meeting and when the rest of us try to speak up, we get talked over or our ideas get absorbed into theirs. Our manager seems oblivious to the dynamic and keeps praising how 'engaged' everyone is.
More people experience this than they realize.
A group trying to create more equitable participation is discovering that changing structures doesn't automatically change who feels safe to speak and who gets heard.
“Where Are You with Existentialist authenticity vs. bad faith?”
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