That's the moment to worry about your process, not because it's too slow, but because it has started doing your people's thinking for them.
Then you grow. And the exact instinct that made the company work begins holding it back — quietly, without anyone noticing the moment it flipped.
Every time your organization says “we can’t,” ask which word it actually is.
Here’s an uncomfortable truth that most leadership consultants won’t tell you: culture change programs almost never work.
The organizations that innovate most consistently don’t say yes to everything. They’ve built systems for saying no in ways that make the work better...
