I experienced and learnt many things from the FYP. HOWEVER, I can only see so much for now, so this is what I saw.
- Selection beats training and changes of all kinds, EVERY SINGLE TIME. I accepted a rather unpassionate "salaryman"-like character and we all had to live with it for the rest of the project. Advisors do not have an direct control, there is no peer evaluation, only social solutions are available.
- Indifference today will translate into laziness tomorrow.
In a company, freeriders can be fired. In a group, peer pressure will have to do. If members start to accept freeriding, the team is lost, divided into subteams.
In another context, people must decide what their role in the group is. If you tell indifferent people to do something, there is a big possibility they will not do it well.
Indifferent people are easy to spot. They are opportunists looking for only the reward, without passion for the work they do(or indifferent to it). When you see they don't like to work but love the celebration, you're looking at the definition of a freerider.
- Leading without social leverage is not easy. Leading without similar values nor the above is even harder.
Have both before you decide to go in the lead.
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