Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
owning our work
English answer:
considering our work as our own
Added to glossary by
Fabienne Garlatti
Feb 6, 2013 21:48
11 yrs ago
English term
Canada
owning our work
English
Bus/Financial
Business/Commerce (general)
As in "Innovation is important because owning our work goes beyond recreating what we already know."
Source: in-house document on company values
I'm curious as to what this phrase means exactly in a very general context. Thanks.
Source: in-house document on company values
I'm curious as to what this phrase means exactly in a very general context. Thanks.
Responses
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producing original work
They seem to be saying that if you simply recreate what you already know then you do not own it; in order to own work, you have to innovate, i.e. produce ideas that can call your own.
Peer comment(s):
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Evelyna Radoslavova
: 100%
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| agree |
Robert Kleemaier
: quite possible
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| agree |
Yvonne Gallagher
: yes, in this context creativity is required
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| agree |
katsy
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3 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Agree with your explanation. It helped me understand that in this context 'owning our work' is really 'considering our work as our own'."
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being in charge of / responsible for our work
Most likely this is what it means here (unless the larger context suggests that intellectual property issues are implied).
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identifying with our work
When it comes to innovative products, it is the identification with that new product that makes the designers/inventors/employees take 'ownership' of it. It's a part of their corporate personality and management wants employees to adopt this position.
Peer comment(s):
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Allison Wright (X)
: I have a feeling this stems from the psychological theory that it is a good idea to "take ownership of" your feelings, actions, etc. in order to "deal with" them, i.e. get your "self" involved, and don't "distance" yourself from your work.
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completely agree with you, Allison.
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Evelyna Radoslavova
: I would normally agree, but it seems to be given a slightly different meaning here
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such as, Evelyna?
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Discussion
I would even go further and say that it's a very different point of view: "taking ownership" interpreted as "identifying with our work" sets the worker as someone who is distinct and separate and needs to assimilate himself with the work; interpreted as "producing original work" (I would even say "being the authors of our work") sets him as the creator, without whom that work would not exist.