(R) LE10: Tenacious Creativity

"Strategy 10　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

  Never give up - there's always another move"

                                                                                              Leading at the Edge p139

In the negotiation activities (such as Snake Eggs and Two Oranges), we actually could compromise, but we needed to keep an attitude to never give up to find a way in which both sides can get maximum benefit without any loss. Also, in order to end up with win-win, we needed to find a different point of view from the usual way of thinking = new perspective to see all of the information given. I thought this could be connected to what is written in this chapter.

"When a strategy fails, acknowledge it and find another one. When the obvious moves are exhausted, keep looking for new ones." (p.149)

Also, in Mr. Kitashiro's lecture, we learnt the similar thing.

"Never give up, but withdraw if necessary." after this, he also said "if you failed, just try something new."

In my opinion, this means that…

Never give up the goal, but when you thought your current strategy was not working well, withdraw it, and try new strategy to achieve the ultimate goal.

"Tenacious creativity [...] demands flexibility, and it requires recognizing what works and what doesn't." (p.149)

Furthermore, I noticed that many of the chapters we read by now could be connected to this chapter. In order to keep an attitude of Never Give Up, for example,  we need to be optimistic&realistic (chapter 3) to recognise "what works well and what doesn't", we need to have enough stamina (chapter 4) to practice many different strategies, and we need to take a risk (chapter 9) sometimes to try new one.