When we are involved in a process of innovation,
the kind mired in
volatility,
uncertainty,
complexity, and
ambiguity
What we often need
is someone who can
be there by our side
to help us navigate through
the difficult,
uncomfortable,
sometimes drawn out,
process
of coming to make a decision.
Not someone
who is quick to
tell us
what decision to make.
Nor someone
who leaves us
alone
to make a decision.
Yet more often than not
we are surrounded
by the latter two types of people,
While it is rare to be in the company
of the first kind of person.
To all my readers,
if you wish,
May this new year
bring more
of the first kind of person
into your lives.
To all my clients,
I’m eternally grateful
for your willingness
to let me be this kind of person.