status quo and the maverick //
The past is not the future. Technology changes, systems evolve and, most importantly, someone is willing to do something about it.
The maverick of myth is not the self-centered gunslinger. She’s actually focused on resilient and useful interactions which change our expectations, fighting back against the bureaucratic inertia.
Keep these principles in mind
- Mavericks can be of any age. The younger crowd tends to be more active because the process is exhausting. Also, changing the status-quo can make people uncomfortable. It might be easier for someone to remain silent once they are comfortable.
- Hustle rarely proves to be the best course of action. Systems are designed to resist hurried, short-term efforts. But a patient, persistent, and focused effort will pay off.
- Teams of people working together to achieve a common goal are the key to almost all system change.
- Sticky ideas built on network effects outperform urgent media moments.
- The smallest possible audience is the one that will make a difference, not the biggest.
- Urgency defeats emergency.
It’s a topsy-turvy world, but this is the most normal it will ever be. We need your leadership.
