Farming for Dissent
Reed Hastings, CEO of Netflix, encourages what he calls farming for dissent.
Everyone is encouraged to have ideas and share them, but when you do have an idea, you should try to get your coworkers to tell you what is wrong with your idea - farm for dissent. For this to work, employees have to be candid about it.
In trying to get as much negative feedback as possible you foreshadow potential failure. You are still allowed to pursue your idea even if met with skepticism, but this prevention step is essential.
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