I love hearing stories about illiterate people who managed to bluff so well that they became successful business owners without anyone being the wiser. That takes some serious acting skills. But the best part is that in the process of bluffing, you probably end up looking like the best boss ever.
“Bob, I don’t need to read this contract. I trust you.”
“Well, if you think this proposal is good, I can’t question your judgment. Count me in.”
“I’ve looked at the guidelines and I honestly can’t suggest a thing to change.”
“Don’t send me e-mail. I have an open door policy. Just drop in — preferably without any documents.”
But you’d probably have to keep people on their toes and randomly suggest changes to documents while appearing too busy to go into details.
“Ed, take another look at the second part of that document and see if you can make it clearer. I couldn’t understand what it was trying to say.”
If you have any other ideas of how to bluff literacy, add them to the comments and I will pretend I can read them.