From the course: Improve Meetings Using Lean Thinking
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Collective intelligence is key
From the course: Improve Meetings Using Lean Thinking
Collective intelligence is key
- Innovation doesn't come from a lone idea. It often emerges when multiple perspectives collide to create what no single mind could achieve alone, and lean thinking can help you harness the collaboration needed to achieve groundbreaking ideas. I experienced this in one of the companies I worked for, which had what we called intermittent success. We'd all sit around waiting for our engineering manager, who I'll call Chris, to reveal the next brilliant vision, while the rest of us were essentially there to nod and figure out how to implement his ideas. We operated under the unspoken belief that innovation came from the mind of a designated genius. The results were predictably sad, limited improvements, random wins, but nothing sustainable that truly transformed our market position. Then things changed when our new CEO joined. In her first leadership meeting, she stopped Chris mid presentation and asked, "I want to know what does everyone else think "about this direction? "From now on…
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