#231 early

The act of creating capacity in others requires involving them when things are in the listening stage vs. when they are in the telling stage.  If you have a new program or idea and it is fully formed before you share it, you end up telling the potential partner about the program.  But if you share things when they are new ideas or still a drafty concept, then you are open to listening what they have to say about how they can shape its formation.  

I like to involve large groups of people when we host a consultant on campus -- then they can hear the ideas directly, understand their context and have input into how they are ultimately shaped -- vs. just being told afterwards that X change needs to occur.  

Involve others early in the process.  You may be amazed at how much better they make you and your ideas look!

-- beth triplett
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