13 Ways To Kill A Great Idea

Business Communication   Written by Jeff Blackman - Word Count: 214
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1.  That is not the way we do things here.

2.  That is against our policy.

3.  We have never done it that way before.

4.  We did not invent it here, we will not do it here.

5.  We know that will never work.

6.  There is no budget.

7.  We cannot afford it.

8.  We are just not ready to do that yet.

9.  We are way too busy.

10.  We will be fine without it.

11.  We should not rock the boat.

12.  Everything is fine; there is no need to upgrade.

13.  Our people looked into that last year.  


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