Episode 145 - Keeping Good Ideas Alive

<div class="entry-content e-content"> <div id="item-62bcd37671a92f69c96a7497" class= "sqs-layout sqs-grid-12 columns-12" data-layout-label="Post Body" data-type="item" data-updated-on="1656542151120"> <div class="row sqs-row"> <div class="col sqs-col-12 span-12"> <div id="block-5dd2e6e89bfe9d9ac031" class= "sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html" data-block-type="2"> <div class="sqs-block-content"> <h2><strong>SUMMARY</strong></h2> <p class="">Great ideas often get missed. This week we explore how to keep good ideas alive.</p> <p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true"> </p> <h2><strong>TRANSCRIPT</strong></h2> <p class="">Welcome to episode 145 of the Leadership Today podcast where each week we bring research to life in your leadership. This week we explore how to keep good ideas alive.</p> <p class="">I’m sure you’ve had the experience where someone raises a great idea and, for whatever reason, it is ignored by others and slowly dies. Equally, a confident person might share a not-so-great idea that gains traction just because of the popularity, enthusiasm or position of the person. The best ideas don’t always win.</p> <p class="">In our teams we want to cultivate the right ideas. That means keeping an eye out for others’ good ideas and helping them to grow.</p> <p class="">Researchers Satterstrom, Kerrissey, and DiBenigno identified five practical things leaders can do to cultivate others’ good ideas.</p> <ol data-rte-list="default"> <li> <p class="">Amplifying - this involves bringing the idea up at a later time. For example - Fiona raised a great idea about our marketing in our last meeting.</p> </li> <li> <p class="">Developing - asking clarifying to help you and others better understand the idea. For example - Can you tell me more about how that might work?</p> </li> <li> <p class="">Legitimising - publicly supporting an idea by sharing where you’ve seen it work. For example - Company XYZ tried something like this and it was quite successful.</p> </li> <li> <p class="">Exemplifying - performing a low-stakes te