Test the Waters
David Baum in his book Lightning in a Bottle notes, “The change process for most people is to slowly dip their toes into the water and ease into the shallow end, splashing a little water around and complaining about how cold it is.”[*]
When a new opportunity presents itself, see if there is any interest by using some of the patterns in this language and then evaluating the result.
You are excited about a new idea and you would like to be an Evangelist(144) for it in your organization.
When you learn about something new, you wonder if the organization is ready for it.
It isn’t always obvious where to start introducing a new idea ...
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