In Praise of Humility

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Sep 27, 2011

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Humility can very often be the most right thing you can do on a project. Sometimes, the more important the work of the project, the greater the need for humility.

The CERN scientists bring this message home in the closing paragraph of their paper on the faster than light particle.

Despite the large significance of the measurement reported here and the stability of the analysis, the potentially great impact of the result motivates the continuation of our studies in order to investigate possible still unknown systematic effects that could explain the observed anomaly.

Rather than touting their results, they are exposing them to further scrutiny -for the sake of finding the truth.

An inspiring statement in the tradition of noble scientists.

(Is there a model for the noble project manager?)

Category: Project Management

Tagged: communication, leadership

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