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Exaggerating involvement in the ideas and
good work of others or blatantly stealing them whilst hiding
the originators worthy contributions.
The Creative Magpie comes in many varieties.
The lesser-spotted magpie flies around collecting ideas, data
and proposals from others. These are then fed up to a higher
authority but presented as the magpies own work. The more
vicious variety (the Vulture Magpie?) listens to ...
More details and guidance on how to deal with
someone playing this Dirty Trick can be found in "21
Dirty Tricks at Work" by Colin Gautrey and Mike Phipps
and published by Capstone Wiley.
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