I have to admit, i rolled my eyes when I saw that you worked in financial risk management. Not because what you did was stupid—far from
It—but because of course this is the kind of cultural environment in which this would work.
If you did this in a job that wasn’t heavily invested in a culture of quantitative risk management, it would likely cause a likely-permanent loss of trust that would be retaliated against in subtle ways. You’d get a reputation as “the guy that plays nasty/tricky games when he doesn’t get his way” which would make it harder to collaborate with people.
So godspeed, glad it worked for you, but beware applying this in other circumstances and cultures.
I have to admit, i rolled my eyes when I saw that you worked in financial risk management. Not because what you did was stupid—far from It—but because of course this is the kind of cultural environment in which this would work.
If you did this in a job that wasn’t heavily invested in a culture of quantitative risk management, it would likely cause a likely-permanent loss of trust that would be retaliated against in subtle ways. You’d get a reputation as “the guy that plays nasty/tricky games when he doesn’t get his way” which would make it harder to collaborate with people.
So godspeed, glad it worked for you, but beware applying this in other circumstances and cultures.