I don’t have a better idea…… yet

Someone has an idea about how to do something but you don’t agree with the approach. If you say that you don’t agree you often get this comment back: “well – do you have a better idea?” And many times, you don’t. In this very common scenario, a group usually run with the first idea because it was the only one around when you had the discussion.

Coming from a profession where having the right ideas are a major part of what we do, we would like to offer an alternative sentence to those who don’t agree with the current ideas on the table: “I don’t have a better idea…..YET”

Having the right ideas take time. Professionally, great new ideas rarely come a as flash from the sky, just before you’re about to sleep or while you’re having coffee. Having great ideas comes from a structured creative process that has a start, a middle and an end. The best ideas are rarely around when when someone needs it. But they will be there in a while if you simply allow people to go through the right process of having them. Don’t go with the only ideas on the table. You deserve better.