20 years with company I've always felt my ideas would be heard at any level...As a result I've made incredible impacts and generated value while leveraging cross functional teams.
Last few weeks I've noticed where basically I was told to "stay in my lane" and things are feeling very top down.
Is this the new chevron?
@d4 this is a great take.
When you add in the fact that most product owners acted like middle management, the waters got very murky indeed.
When management wants your opinion they will give it to you.
It’s the key reason why agile failed at Chevron. Agile is about empowering individuals, and teams (who have the information) to make decisions on how they accomplish their work. This flies in the face of the Chevron culture, especially from mid in upper management that want to have control to the nth degree.
Leadership does not want individuals and teams to feel or be empowered.
That folks is why agile failed. Waterfall CPDEP is all about control.
OP is correct, it's definitely part of the new culture mandate direct from MW.
I feel you OP. New managers are trying to protect their turf and are unsure of, or don’t necessarily want ideas flowing up in an unfettered fashion. We just can’t help ourselves. We were always a silo’d company, and now I feel we’ve traded that in for being a hierarchical company.
You are not special.
@OP you tell me OP. You’ve been there 20 years you say? You otta know by now. I was there for 36 years. Yes, learn to know when to hold em. Know when to fold them.