Leading Thoughts for September 4, 2025

IDEAS shared have the power to expand perspectives, change thinking, and move lives. Here are two ideas for the curious mind to engage with:

Hemant Taneja on radical collaboration:

“Lobbing ‘disruptive’ innovations like random hand grenades into such large, established, and important sectors usually only changes things on the fringes. Those who work on the inside, who have spent their lives in their professions, get the sense that outsiders are invading and telling them they are outmoded or worthless, so they understandably push back. They might outright reject the innovation—or lobby to get policymakers to regulate the innovation away. Systemic transformation gets throttled when these disruptors fail to work with the system. Disruption needs to be disrupted, so to speak, by radical collaboration.”

Source: The Transformation Principles: How to Create Enduring Change

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Rolf Dobelli on values:

“When it comes to important issues, values allow you to have radical flexibility. Once you’ve defined your values clearly, you don’t have to weigh the pros and cons every time you are faced with a decision. It’s already been made for you.”

Source: The Art of the Good Life: 52 Surprising Shortcuts to Happiness, Wealth, and Success

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