21Gather Feedback on Your Ideas
Allowing others to participate in idea creation is brave. It enables you to learn from your peers. It allows an idea to be seen from multiple angles to find the best way to make it great. Kind collaboration is the path to great ideas.
Learning is about what you will take from that advice and what you will leave behind. My best compliment to people who rub me the wrong way is always “I've learned so much from you.” It's both genuine and passive‐aggressive, for sure. Every person you engage with in your collaborative process is an opportunity to learn from a different perspective.
Okay, so you've been brave and asked for the kind feedback. You now have a round of fresh review sitting on your desk. So exciting, right? Not usually. The rewrite can be fraught with internal frustration. Ease this transition, and keep your eye on the completion prize!
Collaborate to Make an Idea Big
It's only through teamwork that ideas get big.
At BC/DC Ideas we were part of a very big moment in an organization's history. Our team was tasked with helping them write an educational tool to prepare their members to tackle a controversial issue. Here's how our idea made it to greatness.
Our team labored over the first draft. It came back solid. Excellent content, but it needed depth. First, it required the facts to back up the thoughts. Then, in Draft 2, it began to shine. The pieces and parts were clear. The thoughts were backed up with facts. The path to helping people ...
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