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You don’t need better insight tools. You need better listening. I’ve seen it so much people chasing the perfect template, framework, or tech to surface “the insight.” But honestly? A new canvas won’t save you if you’re not actually paying attention. Most insight work doesn’t fail because of the tools. • It fails because we rush the listening. • We dont pay attention to the unsaid Instead: 📉 We skim. 🧠 We hear what we expect. 😐 We ignore the tiny cues the sigh before the sentence, the “meh” expression, the throwaway comment at the end. Insight often hides in the stuff people barely say. 𝐖𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬: Ask better questions. Some tactics straight from The Insightful Innovator: --- 🐻 𝐓𝐄𝐃-𝐬𝐭𝐲𝐥𝐞 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 Start you questions with • Tell me... • Explain... • Describe/Demonstrate... These questions unlock stories, not summaries. --- 🚏 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐛𝐮𝐦𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭 Start you questions with: • How • Who • Where • What • Why • When • Which Staring a question with the above helps in turning your question to one that is open and help to find detail --- 🤐 𝐁𝐨𝐧𝐮𝐬 𝐭𝐢𝐩: shut up Don’t rescue the silence instead shut up and hold the pause Let people think. That awkward pause? That’s often when the gold comes out. Great insight isn’t about asking more questions it’s about asking the right ones, then actually listening to the answers.

I remember running a incubation sprint for a new leadership product. We were exploring new ways to develop a new approach and we were second away from shooting down a game changing approach One of the shy'er voices in the room dropped what felt like a wildly radical idea. Before they’d even finished speaking, someone across the table muttered: “𝗪𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁’𝘀 𝗱𝘂𝗺𝗯.” Lucky for us, we didn’t listen. 🔶 We parked their judgement (𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑜𝑛 𝑔𝑜𝑡 𝑎 𝑦𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑤 𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑑 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑤𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑢𝑝 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑟𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑠𝑒𝑡) 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐰𝐞 𝐠𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐚 𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰 Guess what that idea ended up making it through the whole incubation approach and ended up going live. Not only that, it reshaped how the org thinks about leadership completely 𝐈𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐬 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐱𝐲𝐠𝐞𝐧. Those three words could have killed creative momentum before it even got going. The business could have lost out on its game changing approach to leadership Here's the thing it doesnt always need words to shut something down to soon 🙄 A raised eyebrow. 😏 A smirk. 🤐 A stray comment that lands at the wrong time. All can stop early-stage ideas before they even get going. 𝐈𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭 They dont need instant refining at the start... what they need is space. --- Your brain doesn’t need a critic when it’s dreaming. So how do you stop yourself from being critic It simple say to yourself 𝗪𝗧𝗙 𝗪𝗮𝗶𝘁: For the person to finish explaining their idea 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸: How it might actually work before I say it cant 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗱: Something you like on the idea Timing is everything You could be comment away form losing the best product solution before it even gets going

𝗜𝗴𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗕𝗲𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝟭: Nurture Most of the time, ideas fail not because they’re inherently bad, but because they’re killed too soon. In a rush to move on to the next big thing Teams can be quick to discard ideas without giving them the chance to mature. 𝗘𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆-𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗮𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗹𝗲. Like seedlings that need protection from the elements, these ideas need to be nurtured and cared for in the early stages. 𝗜𝘁’𝘀 𝗰𝗿𝘂𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝘀𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲, 𝗱𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘄. That’s what nurturing behaviour does it keeps ideas alive long enough to evolve into something meaningful. I’ve seen this happen in the real world, in startups and large corporations alike. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗺𝘀 𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗮𝘀 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆’𝗿𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀. They hold off on judgment, even if the ideas break the norm or seem impractical at first. They provide the room and support necessary for ideas to grow into something truly innovative. 𝗜𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗮𝘀 𝗱𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝗰𝘂𝘁 𝗼𝗳𝗳 𝘁𝗼𝗼 𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 encourage nurturing behaviour in your team. Protect those early thoughts, even if they don’t seem perfect. By doing so, you give them the chance to evolve and possibly transform into game changing solutions.

“The value of this deck is insane.” Luke O'Mahoney has said Just one of the many captures and reviews I’ve had on the People Product OS and it’s about to get better. I’m building the first digital Booster Pack for the deck… oh and it’s free for people who already bought the deck. The booster back is focused on the values, behaviours, and mindsets that make or break new thinking when it comes to people product design and innovation. This isn’t just an add-on. It’s like a internal power up that elevates everything else. 𝗠𝘆 𝗴𝗼𝗮𝗹? To make People Product OS the gift that keeps on giving. But like Christmas… more presents = more cost. Every time I add more value, the price goes up. So if you’ve been thinking about grabbing the deck, now’s the time ✅ Lifetime access to future booster packs ✅ simple pricing ✅ No fluff just tactics that scale ✅ Grab the deck now before the prices increase and you’ll get the booster pack free So if you want to future-proof your People, HR, and L&D stack then everything you need is in the comments 👇 *image below is for illustration purposes only