Sometimes leadership rolls out an initiative that sounds great but incredibly ambitious in practice.
My first reaction is usually curiosity mixed with skepticism.
When that happens, do you lean toward optimism, pushback, or quiet adaptation?

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I've been burned too many times to feel anything but trepidation. Things always break whenever a new process or system is rolled out.

I feel like i agree with you

I'd say I meet most things like that with guarded optimism. I want to be optimistic, I'm just wired that way naturally, but I've experienced enough great new initiatives to be skeptical. Something would have to be really harebrained for me to push back on it. I'm usually fine with giving things a fair chance to convince me.

That is a great position

My instinct is curiosity first. I try to understand the intention behind the initiative before deciding whether it needs pushback or adaptation.

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