Today was the last full-length day of our MAP site visit: 14 hours of meetings, tours, dinner, and team reconnoitering. It has been a successful week in terms of data gathering, successful in terms of team unity, but stressful throughout. We're in the strange position of having a broader footprint than all but a few of the people we've spoken with, so our recommendations are sure to crush some toes.
This week has partly been about activism, which isn't something that I'm exposed to on a regular basis. I'm finding that in order to make a point under this framework it is usually necessary to raise your voice and swear. To me this is an indication of the fragile nature of such points... if you can't speak normally and convey the importance of your ideas without having to become argumentative with your 'target'. In my opinion pursuing a position so tenuous that you have to use debate tactics to further it erodes your accountability in an everlasting death spiral.
Thursday, March 23, 2006