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Not everyone on your team meets the future at the same speed
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A handful of people on your team have already tried AI twelve different ways in 5 different tools. And that’s just this month. Others have not opened it once, and they won’t unless you ask them to. Both reactions are normal. Last week we talked about giving your team a story about AI. This one is about why the same story lands so differently depending on who’s hearing it. Your team hears the future differentlyOur People Development practice is built on the 5 Voices for Teams methodology, and one pattern shows up in almost every group we work with.
Neither is better. But they receive your announcements in completely different ways. This is not new. Rogers called it in 1962.Everett Rogers mapped the diffusion of innovations more than sixty years ago, and the curve still holds. Early adopters go first. The majority waits for proof and evidence. The last group needs the change to feel safe before they move. When you know the 5 Voices and lay it over that curve, you can predict how your own team will respond. (Reply to this email with the word “Voices”, and I’ll send the “Communicating Vision” tool to you. Then you can see where the Voices on your team fall on the adoption curve.) What to do with each group
Who on your team is already running ahead? Who went quiet? What would change if you asked the quiet ones what they’re actually afraid of? Micah P.S. Want the “Communicating Vision” chart? Reply with the word “voices” and I’ll send you the 5 Voices laid over the adoption curve. It’s the one-pager Mike and I use when we walk a leadership team through where their people actually sit. |
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