🍺 it’s Thursday, time to bang on about beer + connect it to leadership:
This weekend I was able to go back to one of my favourite local breweries. But what to have from their varied menu? I know what I like (Red); the ESB was great last time; ooh a new stout - that’s in. Last choice: a new black + tan.
That’s me exploring.
Within very clear parameters: malt>hops; no fruit; no sours; nothing ‘not worth experimenting on’ i.e. lager. I did have a little sip of the chocolate + strawberries stout - confirmed what I knew: not for me.
Am I stuck in my ways or know what I like and don’t like?
Building on last week’s theme of resistance, how does this apply to staff? Perhaps resistance is knowledge? How then to effect necessary change? Like my move from hoppy IPAs to darks, perhaps it’s through adjacent possibilities. I didn’t leap to dark malties. I got curious about what else - and a bit tired of the hop bombs. That and the availability of alternatives allowed me to explore, experiment and then decide.
When leaders need to realign the strategy, innovate, improve, be more efficient or just learn, how can we better invite staff along? Allow them to choose the adjacent possibilities for themselves?
Cheers 🍻
#whataboutthebeer #choice #adjacentpossibilities #wenthomewiththestout
--Key Account Manager
4moCongratulations! Well deserved.