Have you ever taken credit for something that didn't originate from you?
I'm the first person to ever ask this question by the way.
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Justbychance · M
No, but on the opposite side of the coin I have had credit taken away from me for something that truly was my idea. One memorable instance: In the Company I used to work for, I drew a simple (but understandable) floor plan of how the WIP Store should be laid out in a simple fashion that anyone could understand. Everyone had to ask someone else where the stocks were located; it was a total disaster. I handed the floor plan in.
Six months later, we each received an internal Memo to say how the Stores was beginning to change and that a plan would be put on the Noticeboard. When it arrived, I looked at it. It was a professional plan, but the entire essence of the drawing was what I had proposed and the name John Whitely was credited with the concept; John Whitely being the Store Manage who I had given my detailed plan / idea to. If John Whitely is here in SW? ... Then shame on you? ... LOL 😆
(Still, humour aside that's a true event)
Six months later, we each received an internal Memo to say how the Stores was beginning to change and that a plan would be put on the Noticeboard. When it arrived, I looked at it. It was a professional plan, but the entire essence of the drawing was what I had proposed and the name John Whitely was credited with the concept; John Whitely being the Store Manage who I had given my detailed plan / idea to. If John Whitely is here in SW? ... Then shame on you? ... LOL 😆
(Still, humour aside that's a true event)