You have to make the decision about whether you want to avoid or you want to overcome the resistance.
Scott D. AnthonyThink about how much it costs to learn more. Sometimes you want to build confidence by knocking off the easy things.
Scott D. AnthonyBring different groups together internally, send them out to visit other companies, or bring in interesting speeches. Show that you love learning by having people on staff whose job it is to explore without any near-term metrics. Publicly shut a project down and talk about what a great job a team did because they learned so much. And so on.
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