Make old and new assumptions explicit

Category: Starting the Journey

 I've heard (and can easily believe) that making old and new assumptions explicit is perhaps the most powerful step you can take in the early stages of the journey. 

Invite colleagues to name the unspoken assumptions behind your current management practices. Most likely, people will be shocked by the ugliness of these assumptions, once they put them into words. Shocked... and relieved that they are finally named. 

​And then you can invite people to evoke a new set of life-giving assumptions that will inspire and guide your transformation. 

I've come to see that a conversation about assumptions is like a conversation on values, but on steroids! 

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