Are you wrong?

Elon Musk of Tesla  gave an interview in 2014 where he said “You should take the approach that you’re wrong. Your goal is to be less wrong.”* As a business leader, people who report to you must always consider how far they are willing to go to be honest versus how much does keeping their […]

Just make a decision

While I was speaking with an executive this week, he complained that his team regularly asks him to make decisions for them. He doesn’t want to do that. He has a process. He asks them to: name the three best alternatives they have considered. explain their thinking. tell him which one they think is the […]