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Re: Another Culture Change

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Originally Posted by squirrel View Post
I wonder if this could this be a root cause of being accused of having a mentor-built robot: your robot looks like something that many students on other teams don't know how to build

What are some ways to change this mistaken perception?
This is a really cool book that talks about changing cultural behaviors:
http://www.amazon.com/Influencer-Pow...=AG56TWVU5XWC2

This particular thread addresses at least 2 of 6 areas (according to the book) that are required to influence change.

I will leave it at this otherwise I will explode with a rather lengthy post on this subject...

The Student vs. Mentor debate is (in my opinion) the "Guinea Worm" of FRC.

Last edited by IKE : 23-03-2011 at 16:52. Reason: just felt like it