Notes #98: Suspect the Instrument Before You Conclude There Is Nothing There

The most valuable things in any situation are often the ones your instruments were never built to detect. And the leaders who create the most lasting value are the ones who assume, going in, that there is more there than they can yet see. So think of a place you wrote off as lacking. A team, a community, a person. What might have been there that your instruments were never built to detect? It may…