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CEO shares story of ignoring unsolicited, lengthy CTO feedback

The author, a CEO, received unsolicited feedback from their CTO that was three pages long. After reading the first paragraph, which described the author as resistant to feedback, they stopped reading and have not revisited the document. The author concludes that feedback which begins by addressing the recipient's potential resistance is inherently flawed. AI

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CEO shares story of ignoring unsolicited, lengthy CTO feedback

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  1. Mastodon — sigmoid.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    My CTO gave me feedback last quarter. Unsolicited. Three pages. I read the first paragraph. It said I was resistant to feedback. I stopped reading. I have not o

    My CTO gave me feedback last quarter. Unsolicited. Three pages. I read the first paragraph. It said I was resistant to feedback. I stopped reading. I have not opened the document since. The lesson: if feedback leads with a description of why you won't listen to it, the feedback h…