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Very important blog that colleagues affiliated to different fields and/or learned societies can learn from. Via @interactionsMag https://twitter.com/jeffbigham/status/1273361369149190144">https://twitter.com/jeffbigha...
"Until one is on the receiving end of such demands, one cannot understand their toll and inhibitory effects. These effects are magnified exponentially when applied to those less powerful." - @jcmankoff
Having suffered (and continue to suffer until today) the toll and inhibitory effects of aggressive demands and coercion as a junior member of staff in the past (in an altogether different context and environment) I can vouch for the urgency for a cultural change.
It is not normal to continue having nightmares about telling-offs by senior colleagues, and it& #39;s not an issue of personal professional resilience. If @jcmankoff, as "extremely senior" suffered such experience, imagine what& #39;s like when one has just recently joined an org.
I& #39;ve kept quiet for a very long time, and do not share this without significant apprehension. But bullying and discrimination thrive in the opacity of coercive non-disclosure agreements and disempower individuals from seeking support.
This is an experience which is not unique- it& #39;s not personal only even if each of us experience it in the most utterly personal way, it& #39;s a collective, cultural problem deeply ingrained in legacy hierarchical structures and dynamics. It& #39;s everyone& #39;s problem.
P.S. to clarify the 4th tweet in this thread, it& #39;s me who has had continues to have nightmares. I meant to say I fully empathise with @jcmankoff& #39;s experience as described in her post, the unique circumstances notwithstanding. https://interactions.acm.org/blog/view/a-challenging-response">https://interactions.acm.org/blog/view...
