Great Work by David Sturt

Author:David Sturt
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
Published: 2014-04-11T04:00:00+00:00

EXPERIENCE ALL SEVEN LEVELS OF CONVERSATION GOODNESS

By now it’s easy to see how making new connections expands our sense of what’s possible. In fact, we’ve seen seven specific benefits of connecting to look out for:

1. MORE ORIGINAL IDEAS. The more fresh ideas we have to work with, the more those ideas interact with one another, knock the rough edges off, connect, disconnect, and reveal possibilities. Even the act of dealing with competing or opposing ideas will help us gain a more rounded perspective overall.

2. PROXY FOR THE RECIPIENT. The people we have conversations with are stand-ins for the future recipients of our improvements. If we tune in and listen, others can give us keen insights into the heads and hearts of the people we hope to delight.

3. NAYSAYING POINTS OF VIEW. Not everyone is going to understand or like our difference-making ideas. That’s valuable feedback that we shouldn’t ignore or be offended by. Indifferent, apathetic, even cynical people have a useful knack for bringing fantasy down to earth and calling out challenges, weak spots, and myopia.

4. SPECIALIZED KNOW-HOW. Every person we share our improvement journey with will have his or her unique abilities. Maybe one of them has done something similar to what we’re thinking about. Or maybe that person has a skill set that we don’t.

5. EXHILARATING CONFIRMATION. When things are sparking, ideas are connecting, and answers are flowing, there is a parting of the clouds, a sudden clarity of thought, a synchronicity where things suddenly fall into place and make sense. It’s euphoric. And it’s a sign that we are on to something really cool.

6. A DIFFERENCE-MAKING COMMUNITY. Conversations with inner-circle coworkers and friends, plus conversations with outer-circle experts and allies, can grow into a network of support—a collective intelligence of people whose joint desire to create something great will help make our improvements a reality.

7. CONFIDENT CLARITY. Great work conversations establish our trajectory. They sift out the junk, refine our thinking, and clarify our purpose. The true potential of the difference we want to make comes into view.

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