I was reminded today of a simple principle, especially when working in new environments and with new people to, “Keep an open mind”. Easy to say, yet first hand observation of others seems to imply it’s hard to do. I’ve seen a lot of people come into a new environment, judge a situation and state an outcome.
They share nothing about what they are concerned about, what they observed, and why they reached the conclusions they did. It’s no wonder that people can’t relate to the outcome immediately. Keeping an open mind helps to resolve jumping to solutions too early. Better yet, sharing your mind and the process you went through helps others to relate to you and for you to realise if you got any of it wrong.
