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I want to write about this topic in more depth, but in a nutshell I found that the more innovative and valuable your idea is, the harder it is to sell (because
by xyzelement 4y ago
I want to write about this topic in more depth, but in a nutshell I found that the more innovative and valuable your idea is, the harder it is to sell (because it's very value comes from the fact that it's a distance from bow people are thinking today)
People are busy and attention is scarce so knowing how to genuinely push and sell your idea in such environments is a rare ability and one that needs curation.
You'll find that people who rise are ones who can do this.
- SoftTalker 4y agoYou also have to be ruthless as required and not take no for an answer. Sometimes you have to run people over and leave the bodies in the ditch to get stuff done.
- JW_00000 4y agoAnd two years later, your idea fails and your boss says: > A good fraction of the things I complain about eventually turn my way after a year or two passes and evidence piles up, but I have never been able to kill stupid things before they cause damage, or set a direction and have a team actually stick to it. So serious point: if everyone is ruthless and tries to push their own ideas through, how can a manager know who is right and which direction to follow?
- doctor_eval 4y agoIt doesn’t even have to be innovative in a global sense. Just making suggestions that are outside the experience of the people you need to convince can become futile. Egotistical people with power are more than happy to ignore maths and rationality. I don’t know why. It never works out for them and it brings everyone else down. It’s very frustrating.