Who are we to judge? From work-as-done to work-as-judged (Steven Shorrock, 15 October 2023)

Summary

Steven Shorrock begins this editorial, published by Hindsight, by explaining what he means by work-as-judged:

"We all have a habit that we are hardly even aware of; we judge others’ work performance, every day, throughout the day. Whether it’s the work of people in other organisations, in other parts of our organisation, in our own immediate work environment, when driving home, or at home, we evaluate, appraise and judge others’ performance. We don’t pay much attention to how we judge, but we ask ourselves all sorts of questions: “Did they do a good job?” “Did they work with due care and attention?” “Would I have done that?” I call this ‘work-as-judged’,and it has several characteristics that we should bear in mind."

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