"I don't mean to be the devil's advocate, but ..."

     Avoidance of dealing with the discomfort of change is a chronic constipator to progress. But change is constant, unavoidable and rapidly accelerating! We either learn to flow with it creatively or are swept aside by it. We need to nourish fresh, creative ideas, lively positive conversations, and do away with grumbling, passive-aggressive friction.

     "We have a rule about a creative insight: if somebody offers a novel idea, instead of the next person who speaks shooting it down - which happens all too often in organizational life - the next person who speaks must be an ‘angel's advocate,' someone who says, ‘that's a good idea and here's why’".   Dan Goleman, Psychology Today
 

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