In your next meeting, try speaking 30% less than usual. Use that space to actively listen. After the meeting, ask yourself: did the conversation go better or worse?
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Seek Out the Different Voice
Identify someone on your team whose background or thinking style is very different from yours. Ask for their honest opinion on something you’re working on. Don’t filter — just absorb.
Sit With the Mess
When you feel the urge to tidy up ambiguous data or force a conclusion, stop. Write down what you don’t know yet. Carry that list for 24 hours before trying to resolve it.
Ask “Says Who?”
Pick one “rule” your team follows that nobody has questioned in a while. Ask: “What if the opposite were true?” See where the conversation goes.
Rewrite the Brief
Take the problem you’re currently solving and reframe it starting with a different “How might we…” question. Does the new framing open up different solutions?
Lead With the Reason
The next time you share a recommendation, start with “I think this because…” before stating what you think. Watch how differently people engage when they understand your reasoning first.
Remove All Filters
Set a 5-minute timer and write down every idea you can think of for a current challenge — no judging, no editing, no “that’s impossible.” Quantity over quality. Review the list tomorrow.
Sharpen Before You Ask
Before your next conversation, write down the one question you most want answered. Rewrite it twice — making it more specific each time. Ask the third version.
Design a Small Experiment
Pick one assumption you’re making about your users, customers, or audience. Write down what data would prove it wrong. Now figure out how to get that data this week.
Cut to What Counts
Look at your current to-do list. Cross out everything that’s urgent but not important. What’s left? That’s where your attention should go.