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