Gossip is Information
We LOVE reading advice columns like the following found in the New York Times by Eilene Zimmerman.
"Q. Can gossiping ever help your career?
A. It can give you a leg up because it tends to be surprisingly accurate, said David Sloan Wilson, an evolutionary biologist, anthropologist and professor at Binghamton University in Binghamton, N.Y. “A company newsletter will never replace gossip, because you get much more and better information from gossip,” he said. Gossip is your workplace radar, keeping you abreast of changes at the company, even if there is no official communication about them. You can use that information to your advantage, Professor Morris said. “In more volatile times, people at the top of organizations often get fired or transferred,” he said. “People or programs you may have been betting your career on may be changing, and if you are prepared you won’t be left high and dry.”"
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