Hi Robert, You might find the book We the People: Consenting to a Deeper Democracy an interesting read. Hope this helps!

Hi again Roman. Thanks for your response and the link. However, I still wonder if you think that what you teach can be used to manage other things than services and products? Not just adapting leadership styles based on context. For example, if you got the chance to help decide how a country should be run, would you trust much of your current knowledge and Methodology to be transferrable to this much larger scale? Personally I think much of it is quite universal but curious to know if you have thought about it.

Hi Robert, Thank you for sharing your thoughts. I believe that effective leadership requires the ability to choose the right leadership style thereby taking into account the needs of the people present and the situation you are in. I write about this topic more in the article “How to Choose the Right Product Management Leadership Styles” and I discuss it in more detail in my book How to Lead in Product Management.

Hope this helps!

Perhaps we could be structured equivalent to a company with a portfolio of services and products? In a way, we have that with Ministers and social administrations. But it seems that way too often decisions are a majority vote — without sufficient expertise — or easily swayed by public opinion. How often do Politicians in power apply these principles and say no? Higher stakes and the four-year election period somewhat enforces short-term thinking, but still. What if the governance instead would be structured to identify different Target Groups user needs and connect them to clear goals?

The forever increasing complexity of the world we live in makes me think our systems and processes are no longer sufficient. Maybe combining Technocracy with management methodologies would be more effective.

Philosophical perspectives and rhetorical questions aside, do you think we could take these methodologies and principles from the IT and the business world and modify them to work on such scale?

Been a passive reader for many years. Thanks for the high-quality content you put out.

Thank you for sharing your experience Brandon. It’s great to hear that reframing has worked well for you. I like that you mention patience, and I agree that to help people change their mind, we have to give them the necessary time.

If someone has the impulsive thought that I won’t be meeting their need(s), I’ve found that giving them a reframing and then waiting for them to organically soften their stance has given me the most effectiveness with the least amount of difficulty. This won’t work 100 times out of 100, but it’s like the 95/5 version of the Pareto principle in my experience.