What I’ve been noticing and disliking more and more lately:
All the whitewashing and toxic positivity!
In press releases, it’s okay to gush about superlative successes (we know how to read them anyway).
But even at conferences and events, presenters almost fall to their knees from their own pats on the back. Some of them must have hematomas all over their chests from having their suspenders snapped.
I’m not interested in what great guy is standing at the front of such presentations (I’m great enough myself cough). I’m interested in WHAT the really tough problems were and HOW they were solved.
And that should be a bit more specific than “The setup was difficult, but with a great team you can do anything”.