New approaches will never be embraced by everyone at first. If you need unanimous consent, you’re not going to move forward.

And it’s not convenient. If it were, someone would have done it already.

Finally, it’s not sure to work.

If you need any or all three of these things for your project to move forward, you probably should pick a different... See more

First, we get distracted by the inclination to make the group as big as we can imagine. After all, the change is essential, the idea is a good one. It’s for everyone.

Except that’s a trap. Because a group that’s too large cannot be coherent or organized.

Or perhaps, we blink and settle for a group that’s too small. Change requires tension, and if our... See more

If you want to get your boss - or anyone in your workplace, or life - to start doing things differently, there’s a really simple way of doing it in a relatively risk-free way. The trick? You need to position it as an experiment.

As soon as you take away the pressure for something to solve all of our problems overnight, or be a permanent move that’s... See more