Creative Caffeine

Sophia had spent weeks refining her proposal. When she bounded into the meeting room, she was bursting with excitement. This customer feedback system could revolutionise their product development! Though she was a junior employee, she was thrilled that this idea had occurred so clearly to her. 

"This could cut our iteration time in half!" she explained enthusiastically. Her boss leaned back in his chair, folded his arms across his chest and sighed.

"Look, sophia, I appreciate your enthusiasm, but we've always done it this way for a reason. Let's not fix what isn't broken."

The familiar phrase landed like a bucket of cold water. Her shoulders slumped as she gathered her materials, wondering why she'd bothered. As her motivation for her role seeped slowly from the bottom of her shoes, she wondered, “Is this a place I can really thrive?”

Sound familiar? Can you recall yourself saying this to a team member recently?

I’ve been through this or witnessed a similar situation many times...