As Al Gore once tried to say: no one has all the answers and knowing that you don’t know everything is far wiser than thinking that you know a lot when maybe you don’t. It’s a shame he got a little confused somewhere along the line.
As a project manager I might be able to do some things right and I might even be able to ask the right questions sometimes, but technically it’s the team that provides the answers.
Poor project managers are afraid of looking foolish, so they often pretend to know about something when really they don’t.
The Way
The wise project manager has learned it is painful to fake knowledge. Being wise and not wanting the pain, the wise project manager does not indulge in pretending. He can happily say: I don’t know when he doesn’t know the answer.
Know not knowing first.
Not knowing is sickness.
Being sick of sickness,
Then one is not sick.
The sage is not sick,
Being sick of sickness.
Therefore he is not sick.
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