AssumeMiscommunicationNotMalice
Last edit July 17, 2006
Some lessons from
JerryWeinberg
's
BecomingaTechnicalLeader
No matter how strange it may look, most people are actually trying to be helpful.
Attempts to help are often misinterpreted as attempts to interfere.
Wanting to help people may be a noble motive, but that doesn't make it any easier.
See also
AssumeGoodFaith
,
HanlonsRazor
,
AssumeIgnoranceNotMalice