Use Past Experiences to Direct the Future
Get instant access to Chapter 6 from Leading Through Free Fall: How Innovators Turn Turbulence into Trust.
Past experiences (especially the frustrating or failed ones) cast a long shadow over future initiatives and the innovation possible within them. Left unaddressed, this “innovation baggage” shows up as anxiety, fear, resistance, and doubt, silently sabotaging and sinking your initiatives.
What You’ll Learn:
- The Treasure, Trash, Hope, Fear exercise: a simple but powerful dialogue framework.
- How to surface lingering issues, emotional burdens, cultural norms, and unspoken assumptions around your initiatives.
- How to give your team a chance to let go of what no longer serves them.
- How to help your team re-engage with new energy and clarity in the work you’re leading.
This chapter is just one of 17 practical tools in Brianna Sylver’s playbook for navigating the human dynamics of innovation and leadership.
Leading Through Free Fall walks you through the Three Stages of Innovation Leadership:
- Suiting Up - How to set your project up for success from the start.
- Free Fall - How to navigate resistances to change with clarity and resilience.
- Safe Landing - Readying your ideas for real-world impact.
