Lead through competing demands
Wendy K. Smith brings both-and thinking out of the business-school case study and into the decisions leaders are making today.
The strongest answer can hold two competing truths at once.
Changing the question changes which solutions become visible.
Both-and leadership needs boundaries, not endless compromise.
Follow the useful thread.
Cathal establishes the tension behind the episode and asks where the accepted workplace answer stops being useful.
The strongest answer can hold two competing truths at once.
Cathal and Annette test the idea against real working life and turn it into a question a listener can use next.