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The Counter-Intuitive nature of Motivating Individuals to be Audacious
From TED Talks: The Unexpected Benefit of Celebrating Failure
"...enthusiastic skepticism is not the enemy of boundless optimism. It's optimism's perfect partner. It unlocks the potential in every idea. We can create the future that's in our dreams."
On AUDACIOUS RISK
- "Being audacious and working on big, risky things makes people inherently uncomfortable."
On PEOPLES' RESISTANCE
- "You cannot yell at people and force them to fail fast. People resist. They worry. "What will happen to me if I fail? Will people laugh at me? Will I be fired?""
GETTING PEOPLE TO BE AUDACIOUS
- "The only way to get people to work on big, risky things -- audacious ideas -- and have them run at all the hardest parts of the problem first, is if you make that the path of least resistance for them."
- "We work hard at X to make it safe to fail. Teams kill their ideas as soon as the evidence is on the table because they're rewarded for it. They get applause from their peers. Hugs and high fives from their manager, me in particular. They get promoted for it. We have bonused every single person on teams that ended their projects, from teams as small as two to teams of more than 30."
Backstory: (more later!)
What happened?
A cow jumped over the moon. The dish ran away with the spoon.
What did I do?
Went to the market and screamed wee wee wee wee.
Resolution
The cows came home.
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