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Comment by slowmovintarget | Hacker News Reader

Leaks happen because the personnel conveying the information believe it to be an indication of bad intent. This means that ill intent on the part of leadership was assumed.

An atmosphere of lack of trust is built. It can be through neglect, or through evidence, but it doesn't occur spontaneously. It is a failure of upper management.

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This isn't about a whistleblower exposing something bad. This is about someone going to the press about a (fake) upcoming product.

Don't be naive. You don't leak a fake story to the press because of a lack of trust (???). You do it because you like gossiping. In this case, management would be right to not trust the leakers.

Sure, but also could be a human nature desire to spread news. Knowledge is power after all. Furthermore, upper management trusting important news to employees isn't a failure of upper management, but rather, placing trust in employees.

> the personnel conveying the information believe it to be an indication of bad intent

Oh man do we have a generation w/ communication problems. News is a spectrum, and the whole point of sharing internally is to learn more so when shared externally the information is _useful_.

> It is a failure of upper management.

This is such a bizarre take. You don't think toxic employees exist?

Toxic employees exist. Toxic management fails to fire them.

But your GP comment implies that if the management fires them, then somehow "it is due to a lack of trust, which is management's fault". That's.... some circular reasoning there.

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