"Facebook is no substitute for real relationship!"
"Bah! It's how I stay connected!"
"Fine. Then, let's never do another offsite. In fact, let's just run the whole company on Facebook."
"Okay! Fine by Me!"
"Na Na Na!"
"Na Na Na Na!"
Hmm.
So, I'm with an executive team that is made up of 30-, 40-, and 50-somethings. Some grew up with rotary telephones. Some have never used a phone that had a wire connected to it. The company is hip, relevant, and attractive to a target market under 40.
While discussing critical success factors, I asked, "Can you let go of your need to be right?" and got more than a few blank stares.
Some got it... they smiled and said... "you're inviting us to become curious, aren't you?" Others couldn't let go of their position.
It seems to me that success will be found in our ability to let go of our need to be right in favor of our desire to connect. Being right has little value if the end result is alienation, isolation, and disconnection. If our desire is to meet people (clients, co-workers, friends, lovers) where they are at, it matters not whether we are right, but only that we are willing to let go of our well-staked position and become curious about the possibilities.
What do you think?
