[IxDA Discuss] Types of design values

[Katie Albers]

At 12:50 PM -0700 10/19/07, Chris Borokowski wrote:
>What I pointed out was that when you are paid to do a task, you are
>paid to adopt the values and intents of your employers.
>
>I did not say you did not have the choice of employers.
>
>I am merely stating one facet of business reality. If this reality is
>offensive, I suggest you take it up with those responsible.
>
>--- Christopher Fahey <chris.fahey at behaviordesign.com> wrote:

Well...yes and no. I've been hired to do things precisely because 
they relied on me to either take the heat from the higher-ups about 
not doing things the way the company usually did them, or to push 
management towards a better understanding of the difference between 
what was possible and what was a good idea or to be the one who had 
the big fight with the CEO, so that no one else had to or the one who 
...you get the idea. In all cases, what I was being hired for was the 
fact that my values conflicted with the established corporate values. 
In a larger sense, you could say that my values coincided with 
whoever actually hired me...but it was often in opposition to the 
company as a whole.

Katie
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Katie Albers
katie at firstthought.com