Shipulski On Design

When your idea is new, it (and you) will be misunderstood.  I urge you to see the misunderstanding as a vote of confidence.  Keep going.

When your position contradicts the mainstream, say it anyway.  They’ll appreciate your honesty and courage if you work at a good company.  If you work at a bad company, they’ll probably try to run you out of town.  Either way, you’ll know what kind of company you’re working for.

Change is difficult when the Status Quo has been successful for a long time.  Success will block your new idea because there’s no need for it.  Working on your new idea pulls resources away from the Status Quo’s initiatives, and the Status Quo will have none of that.  Don’t take its wrath personally.  That’s how the Status Quo goes about its business.

When your new idea is young, it is too fragile to be justified in an ROI sense.  Shelter it from the Accounting Police.

Your new idea isn’t right.  It starts the journey as one thing, and as the journey progresses, it will transform into something better.  This is how it goes with new ideas.

Without a new idea, you’ll do what you did last time. That’s no way to live.

If no one complains, your idea isn’t new.  You missed the mark.

If some complain but none are threatened, it’s not new enough. Try harder.

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