Project manager volunteers to demonstrate new software to his entire team, ends up getting everything wrong: '[I was] wrong about literally every single thing'

This story goes out to all the employees out there who have accidentally eaten their words in the middle of a company meeting. Every so often, we think we know what we're talking about, only to realize that our confidence really did get the better of us. When this happens, you have two main options. The first is to come clean and acknowledge that you were mistaken. Unfortunately, depending on who you are meeting with, this could make you look incompetent. However, it could also make you look honest. After all, it's a sign of bravery to admit when you're wrong about something.

As for the other option, well, you could try to “fake it till you make it," but this, too, can lead to middling results. Sometimes, things are just a bit too complicated for improvisation, and it can become deeply obvious when you try to make it seem like you're an expert when you most certainly are not. It seems like the project manager chose the latter of the two options, and I guess we'll have to see how things shake out for him.