Don\u2019t expect anyone to read the Standard<\/p>\n
Okay \u2013 you have just finished defining, collecting, collating, writing and publishing your standard. Now \u2013 act like no one will ever read it.<\/p>\n
The reason I say that is because \u201cif\u201d people read it, it will be because you make them. Most of them will not care to read it. They will ask you want it says and they will expect you to know it like the back of your hand. But they will seek the easiest way to get the information. If you are that way \u2013 they will use you.<\/p>\n
You need to answer their questions but always point them back to reading the standard. I have been at peoples desk and they have asked me a question about the standard. Here is my exchange\u2026 with respect\u2026 with a smile\u2026<\/p>\n
Me: Where is your CAD Standard? You have a copy \u2013 right?<\/em><\/p>\n Them: Yes \u2013 I have one \u2013 somewhere\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n Me: Ok \u2013 let\u2019s get it out. Where is it? I will wait. Please find it. (wait patiently while they dig out the book, look under their table for the book, try to find the book in their bookcase\u2026)<\/em><\/p>\n Them: Here it is\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n Me: Open it to page 22 \u2013 it is on that page. (they open to page 22) \u2013 see it \u2013 right there in the second paragraph.<\/em><\/p>\n Them: Oh \u2013 I did not see that before.<\/em><\/p>\n Me: (Chuckling and poking them a little) Well, you need to read it. And keep it on your desk.<\/em><\/p>\n I walk away hoping that they will read it more than they have in the past.<\/p>\n Management won\u2019t read it either \u2013 it is your area. They feel they don\u2019t need to read it. They don\u2019t understand what it says much anyway.<\/p>\n I am not a defeatist on this issue – this is just a tip of the hat to reality.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Don\u2019t expect anyone to read the Standard Okay \u2013 you have just finished defining, collecting, collating, writing and publishing your standard. Now \u2013 act like no one will ever read it. The reason I say that is because \u201cif\u201d people read it, it will be because you make them. Most of them will not care […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-832","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cad-standards"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.caddmanager.com\/CMB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/832","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.caddmanager.com\/CMB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.caddmanager.com\/CMB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.caddmanager.com\/CMB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.caddmanager.com\/CMB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=832"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.caddmanager.com\/CMB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/832\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.caddmanager.com\/CMB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=832"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.caddmanager.com\/CMB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=832"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.caddmanager.com\/CMB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=832"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.caddmanager.com\/CMB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=832"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}