Fit For The Future

https://swiy.co/go-get-out-of-the-wayAre you getting in the way of your team being more open, flexible, and innovative?I was working with a group of about twenty senior leaders a few years ago, running my two-day “Future Scenarios” program. Everybody was fully immersed for the full two days, except for the CEO, who stepped in for a while at the start of day one and then returned partway through day two for another few hours.It was interesting for me to see the dynamics of the group when he was in the room and when he wasn’t (Some of you are way ahead of me!) ...When he was in the room, he was open, took part enthusiastically in the activities, didn’t talk over anybody else or try to push his opinion forcefully.But ... other people subtly changed their behaviour because he was there.If he said something, others made sure they didn’t contradict it, even in small ways.They didn’t say things that might contradict organisational policy.They didn’t criticise anything that had been imposed “from above”.I had said at