Wayne Hale has a great blog and video related to stifling dissent. Kinda makes you wonder if anything ever changes. Perhaps fundamentally we as a species are hard-wired to stifle and do other bad stuff … but the variable may be the degree to which we do it. That is the bad news and the good news.
And is the reason we need to keep trying to be better.
Here is how to get the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_424YskAfew
As for the blog, it is reprinted here in it’s entirety:
“I’ve got a video that you need to watch, but first I need to explain why you need to watch it and what lesson I hope you will take away.
The Columbia Accident Investigation Board said that NASA – and specifically the Space Shuttle Program – stifled dissenting opinions which might have prevented the accident. Particularly the action was pointed toward the Mission Management Team. As the new Deputy Program Manager, I was assigned the task of restructuring the MMT and providing means for listening to dissent. Somewhere along the way I acquired the informal title of ‘culture change leader’. I took this to heart and changing the culture to be more welcoming to alternate or dissenting opinions was a task that took a lot of my time and attention. Continue reading ‘Barriers to innovation and inclusion’
The folks at NASA 360 have released another video – Episode 6. It’s all about lunar exploration, 21st century style. Check it out 
Kids do have amazing imaginations and some have equally remarkable artistic skills. If you can’t make it to the Virginia Air & Space Center in downtown Hampton (Va.) to see the 2009 NASA Langley calendar art winners you can check them out 
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