This post is about being a better leader, problem solver, and team member by building your muscle for developing alternative explanations for challenging situations (while also acknowledging our defaults).
Really like this simple framework. It brings up the power of perspective (heavily leveraged during coaching). Maybe's tap into alternate perspectives for new awareness and resonant actions. Thank you!
Hi John, great reflection and framework to keep us accountable of our own bias and tendency to make assumptions and define solutions without doing proper research in order to understand the truth with evidence.
The Design Thinking mindsets, tools and methods help to achieve similar results... involving all stakeholders related to the problem, challenging assumptions, learning about the problem before jumping into solutions and exploring solutions by creating hypothesis that can be tested, teams can get into a cycle of human-centred continuous learning and improvement.
Thank you for sharing your good thinking about leadership. Is the chart on the last page available in a different format to make it easier to read?
Really like this simple framework. It brings up the power of perspective (heavily leveraged during coaching). Maybe's tap into alternate perspectives for new awareness and resonant actions. Thank you!
Great stuff, John!
"But maybe there's another explanation."
That can be one of the hardest conclusions a person can draw. Love that you called it out.
I need a couple days to process this... thanks for the post!
Hi John, great reflection and framework to keep us accountable of our own bias and tendency to make assumptions and define solutions without doing proper research in order to understand the truth with evidence.
The Design Thinking mindsets, tools and methods help to achieve similar results... involving all stakeholders related to the problem, challenging assumptions, learning about the problem before jumping into solutions and exploring solutions by creating hypothesis that can be tested, teams can get into a cycle of human-centred continuous learning and improvement.
What a nice simple way to help us challenge our defaults. Love it!
What was the process of generating the table at the end?
ChatGPT prompt:
There are many different views on team performance and progress.
Using 6 different belief systems, complete this prompt six times:
Team outcomes are largely a function of ______________ .
Thank you!
Nicely summarized, John! I've never understood why the "maybe" is so often seen as weak or hedging, but I've liked the way you contextualized it here.