Say No to No
When you're at work meetings, have you ever noticed how many people will just find all the reasons why something won't work?
Have you ever worked with someone who, rather than doing this, moves towards the outcome whilst working around the challenges. "yes, we can do this, and we need to manage these risks"
Employees of large companies waste millions of dollars every year having circular arguments about why particular activities won't work. These activities are time-consuming, frustrating, and largely ineffective.
A while ago I was introduced to the term "Institutional Yes" vs "Institutional No". The way I see this idea is that any given organisation will have a predisposition or culture towards having a positive or negative attitude towards the possibility of taking action.