When there's a problem, we tend to try and evolve things from how they are now. That's natural. It's logical to start from where we're at. It's the obvious thing to do. Actually though... Sometimes …
They don’t know they’re doing it, and nor do we
I imagine you’ve had this experience... Someone keeps repeating a behaviour that causes problems for everyone else. “Why do they keep doing that?” we ask ourselves. “Why do they not see that there …
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“Gut feel”—unerring guide or subjective interference?
In a world obsessed with "evidence," what's the place for what we call "gut feel"—that inner signal which seems to let us know whether something—or someone—is right or wrong? Many of us have been …
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When making the case for something different, don’t forget…
... that we probably need to keep some of the existing order too. In our conviction that something different is needed, it's easy to fall into the trap of advocating wholesale adoption of the new, …
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Demanding and accommodating
It's good to be accommodating. It helps make a reality of collaboration and getting a group of people working together. Sometimes though... We need to be demanding. Some roles involve directing an …
Putting yourself out there to be judged
If we hope to have influence—to stimulate something better happening—we have to put ourselves out there to be judged. If we don't, nobody will know we have anything to offer and nothing different …
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