http://www.innovationfatigue.com/2009/08/healthy-paranoia-not-optimism/ Overcoming Barriers to Personal and Corporate Success Thu, 08 Dec 2011 07:51:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://www.innovationfatigue.com/2009/08/healthy-paranoia-not-optimism/comment-page-1/#comment-2897 Seven Degrees of Separation: Innovation Lessons from Airline Disasters | Innovationedge Mon, 29 Mar 2010 23:20:10 +0000 http://www.innovationfatigue.com/?p=284#comment-2897 [...] As in an airplane emergency, “yes men” are not the people you need around to help. You don’t want devil’s advocates either or professional naysayers–you need people willing to share what they know and challenge directions and assumptions that may mislead the project or the company. You need people who can help you confront and conquer the brutal facts of your present reality. (See my previous post on the Stockdale paradox and the danger of optimism.) [...] [...] As in an airplane emergency, “yes men” are not the people you need around to help. You don’t want devil’s advocates either or professional naysayers–you need people willing to share what they know and challenge directions and assumptions that may mislead the project or the company. You need people who can help you confront and conquer the brutal facts of your present reality. (See my previous post on the Stockdale paradox and the danger of optimism.) [...]

]]> http://www.innovationfatigue.com/2009/08/healthy-paranoia-not-optimism/comment-page-1/#comment-2896 Seven Degrees of Separation–from Disaster: The Importance of Clear, Abundant Communication for Innovation Success :: Conquering Innovation Fatigue: Helping Inventors, Entrepreneurs and Leaders Find Innovation Success Mon, 29 Mar 2010 23:12:20 +0000 http://www.innovationfatigue.com/?p=284#comment-2896 [...] As in an airplane emergency, “yes men” are not the people you need around to help. You don’t want devil’s advocates either or professional naysayers–you need people willing to share what they know and challenge directions and assumptions that may mislead the project or the company. You need people who can help you confront and conquer the brutal facts of your present reality. (See my previous post on the Stockdale paradox and the danger of optimism.) [...] [...] As in an airplane emergency, “yes men” are not the people you need around to help. You don’t want devil’s advocates either or professional naysayers–you need people willing to share what they know and challenge directions and assumptions that may mislead the project or the company. You need people who can help you confront and conquer the brutal facts of your present reality. (See my previous post on the Stockdale paradox and the danger of optimism.) [...]

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