Your Ideas Are Good…I Promise
A recent post from Forbes (via Lifehacker) talks about the problems with having too many hands in a pot. Simply put, "Nothing destroys a good idea faster than a mandatory consensus. The lowest common denominator is never a high standard." It seems to happen to a certain extent on every committee, work meeting and non-profit group I have been a part of. It even happens with bands...I believe they call it creative differences. I find that these 'out of the box' idea's are met with the most 'hostility' by the people who aren't even in that line of work. [...]