It is always good to present your research findings to an experienced and expert group, particularly if the material is set to challenge their current thinking. Robust debate is an excellent method for material development; but the dialectic dines best on meaty issues and in the absence of frail personalities.
I’d been asked by the CEO of a financial services retail unit to critique the approach to strategy taken by his strategy planning group.
Such an assignment often takes on the air of a “tell me which of my children is the ugliest?” inquisition. However you address it, you know it will end in tears.
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