Comments on: What’s in a name http://www.adaptivepath.com/blog/2007/02/20/whats-in-a-name/ Adaptive Path Blog Fri, 25 Jul 2008 02:42:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: adaptive path » blog » blog archive » 21st Century Professions http://www.adaptivepath.com/blog/2007/02/20/whats-in-a-name/#comment-78423 adaptive path » blog » blog archive » 21st Century Professions Sun, 06 May 2007 20:21:24 +0000 http://www.adaptivepath.com/blog/2007/02/20/whats-in-a-name/#comment-78423 [...] (I find this also follows on Todd’s earlier post on job titles.) [...] […] (I find this also follows on Todd’s earlier post on job titles.) […]

]]> By: peterme.com :: Even more on No Job Titles http://www.adaptivepath.com/blog/2007/02/20/whats-in-a-name/#comment-49358 peterme.com :: Even more on No Job Titles Fri, 23 Feb 2007 13:29:51 +0000 http://www.adaptivepath.com/blog/2007/02/20/whats-in-a-name/#comment-49358 [...] Quite a bit back, I wrote on the subject of “No Job Titles.” The subject has come up again within Adaptive Path, as Todd’s post shows. There’s also been discussion on internal mailing lists, which prompted me to write the following: I hate job titles. [...] […] Quite a bit back, I wrote on the subject of “No Job Titles.” The subject has come up again within Adaptive Path, as Todd’s post shows. There’s also been discussion on internal mailing lists, which prompted me to write the following: I hate job titles. […]

]]> By: Daniel Szuc http://www.adaptivepath.com/blog/2007/02/20/whats-in-a-name/#comment-48997 Daniel Szuc Thu, 22 Feb 2007 08:33:31 +0000 http://www.adaptivepath.com/blog/2007/02/20/whats-in-a-name/#comment-48997 Can one draw any insights from fields outside of UX? For example - Medicine? Engineering? Academia? When does someone eventually move into and is seen to be in a "senior" (for lack of a better term) position? What criteria determines when a person is senior? Perhaps the ability to manage/lead/mentor? When that person is seen by peers as senior? When people are put into positions with responsibility for others? Can one draw any insights from fields outside of UX? For example - Medicine? Engineering? Academia?

When does someone eventually move into and is seen to be in a “senior” (for lack of a better term) position? What criteria determines when a person is senior? Perhaps the ability to manage/lead/mentor? When that person is seen by peers as senior? When people are put into positions with responsibility for others?

]]> By: Andrew Crow http://www.adaptivepath.com/blog/2007/02/20/whats-in-a-name/#comment-48875 Andrew Crow Wed, 21 Feb 2007 23:47:11 +0000 http://www.adaptivepath.com/blog/2007/02/20/whats-in-a-name/#comment-48875 The question is, how do you handle the internal perception of roles in an organization without titles? Say you have a visual design team made up of a few people with varying levels of experience and tenure. The company culture suggests that your titles are all "visual designer", as you are a team that collectively works with mutual respect and drive towards a common goal. However, there are clearly behaviors that exhibit experience and responsibility. Can an organization function well in this example? Do titles need to exist for internal clarification of roles and responsibilities? Or, does a company that wants to live by this ethos simply have to deal with the ambiguity one case at a time? The question is, how do you handle the internal perception of roles in an organization without titles?

Say you have a visual design team made up of a few people with varying levels of experience and tenure. The company culture suggests that your titles are all “visual designer”, as you are a team that collectively works with mutual respect and drive towards a common goal. However, there are clearly behaviors that exhibit experience and responsibility.

Can an organization function well in this example? Do titles need to exist for internal clarification of roles and responsibilities? Or, does a company that wants to live by this ethos simply have to deal with the ambiguity one case at a time?

]]> By: Daniel Szuc http://www.adaptivepath.com/blog/2007/02/20/whats-in-a-name/#comment-48696 Daniel Szuc Wed, 21 Feb 2007 07:26:52 +0000 http://www.adaptivepath.com/blog/2007/02/20/whats-in-a-name/#comment-48696 IMHO - the title on a business card only has an *initial impact* for a client - "ah so you are a X ... " Beyond that its what you can do and how well you communicate what you do along the way ... titles don't mean much. IMHO - the title on a business card only has an *initial impact* for a client - “ah so you are a X … ”

Beyond that its what you can do and how well you communicate what you do along the way … titles don’t mean much.

]]> By: Leith @ Birth of a Startup http://www.adaptivepath.com/blog/2007/02/20/whats-in-a-name/#comment-48655 Leith @ Birth of a Startup Wed, 21 Feb 2007 04:28:59 +0000 http://www.adaptivepath.com/blog/2007/02/20/whats-in-a-name/#comment-48655 In a company I have worked for, no one is allowed to put their job titles on their business cards. We promote a fairly fluid environment, where one person can fulfill a dozen roles during the space of a month. For instance, at times, I was Account Manager, Business Analyst, Consultant, Project Manager, Solution designer, Business Development Manager, even Queen of Everything (as one of my clients called me once). So what would I put on my card? Instead, I tell clients when I hand my card to them what my role is, in terms of what it will be to them. I'm not saying its an ideal situation, but it certainly worked in this organisation. In a company I have worked for, no one is allowed to put their job titles on their business cards. We promote a fairly fluid environment, where one person can fulfill a dozen roles during the space of a month. For instance, at times, I was Account Manager, Business Analyst, Consultant, Project Manager, Solution designer, Business Development Manager, even Queen of Everything (as one of my clients called me once). So what would I put on my card?
Instead, I tell clients when I hand my card to them what my role is, in terms of what it will be to them. I’m not saying its an ideal situation, but it certainly worked in this organisation.

]]> By: nate http://www.adaptivepath.com/blog/2007/02/20/whats-in-a-name/#comment-48593 nate Wed, 21 Feb 2007 00:04:38 +0000 http://www.adaptivepath.com/blog/2007/02/20/whats-in-a-name/#comment-48593 ... which is exactly why <a href="http://blog.perfectspace.com" rel="nofollow">I've</a> given myself the title of "Manager of Ambiguous Titles" at <a href="http://eventful.com" rel="nofollow">work</a>. … which is exactly why I’ve given myself the title of “Manager of Ambiguous Titles” at work.

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