Bijzonder interessant HBR artikel. Een opvallend stukje gaat over het verzamelen van nieuwe perspectieven, en volgens de auteur is het daarbij ook interessant om te kijken naar wat je anders deed in de situaties die goed gingen. Dus in plaats van kijken naar de negatieve variant (waarom neemt medewerker X ontslag?) kun je kijken naar de positieve voorbeelden: wat zijn de redenen dat medewerker Y kiest om te blijven?

A lawyer I spoke to, for instance, told me that the partners at his firm would occasionally meet to discuss initiatives that might grow their business in the longer term. But to his frustration, the instant one of those meetings ended, he and the other partners went back to focusing on landing the next short-term project. When prompted to think of positive exceptions, he remembered one longer-term initiative that had in fact gone forward.

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What was different about that one? I asked. It was that the meeting, unusually, had included not just partners but also an associate who was considered a rising star—and it was she who had pursued the idea. That immediately suggested that talented associates be included in future meetings. The associates felt privileged and energized by being invited to the strategic discussions, and unlike the partners, they had a clear short-term incentive to move on long-term projects—namely, to impress the partners and gain an edge in the competition against their peers.