Setting aside the sizeable, financial judgment, this is egg all over the face of SHRM and a "scarlet letter" black mark. You are absolutely correct: confirmation bias because people find what they want to find and simultaneously, ignore what they don't want to learn, admit and have to pretend doesn't exist.
Love this too, Jeff: "It’s about where your attention goes when you’re not paying attention to your attention."
Yeah, it’s nutso about all this. But it’s not unique to SHRM. The unique thing about SHRM is their size, their position and when they were called out about it they did nothing.
They didn’t pay attention to where they were giving attention.
Certainly accurate that SHRM isn't the only organization acting this way. Your core point is rooted in psychology and more-common-than-it-should-be organizational behavior. I agree, what made this pop was who it was - SHRM - and their position.
That they did nothing is, to me, unsurprising. That they denied anything improper (and illegal) transpired, very corporate. Very smart, valuable piece.
GFF is right.
Setting aside the sizeable, financial judgment, this is egg all over the face of SHRM and a "scarlet letter" black mark. You are absolutely correct: confirmation bias because people find what they want to find and simultaneously, ignore what they don't want to learn, admit and have to pretend doesn't exist.
Love this too, Jeff: "It’s about where your attention goes when you’re not paying attention to your attention."
Yeah, it’s nutso about all this. But it’s not unique to SHRM. The unique thing about SHRM is their size, their position and when they were called out about it they did nothing.
They didn’t pay attention to where they were giving attention.
Certainly accurate that SHRM isn't the only organization acting this way. Your core point is rooted in psychology and more-common-than-it-should-be organizational behavior. I agree, what made this pop was who it was - SHRM - and their position.
That they did nothing is, to me, unsurprising. That they denied anything improper (and illegal) transpired, very corporate. Very smart, valuable piece.
Love your writing voice too.