Very interesting! The first example that came to my mind when reading your article was our preference for Javascript libraries, lol.
In your opinion, how can we remove or alleviate the cons of this type of behavior once it is already established in an environment (e.g. workspace, college,...)?
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First of all, I think this is a job done best from someone outside of the established groups. Any one belonging to a group would too easily be dismissed by the other group.
I see 2 key actions than can have a positive impact :
mix group individuals in order to make people understand the view of others
try to discourage segmenting behavior, may it be just for fun.
If your already part of a group, the good news is you are aware of it, so you can try to identify in your own behavior how you act in a segmenting way, and adjust it, leading by the example.
There is no silver bullet, but trying to understand people's feeling is a good start.
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Very interesting! The first example that came to my mind when reading your article was our preference for Javascript libraries, lol.
In your opinion, how can we remove or alleviate the cons of this type of behavior once it is already established in an environment (e.g. workspace, college,...)?
Trick question.
First of all, I think this is a job done best from someone outside of the established groups. Any one belonging to a group would too easily be dismissed by the other group.
I see 2 key actions than can have a positive impact :
If your already part of a group, the good news is you are aware of it, so you can try to identify in your own behavior how you act in a segmenting way, and adjust it, leading by the example.
There is no silver bullet, but trying to understand people's feeling is a good start.