Steffan Surdek explains how to change organizational culture through small experiments. Have team members set 2-3 learning goals, run trials, reflect on what they learned, and iterate. He uses baseball as an analogy: multiple singles beat swinging for one home run.
If we want to change our culture, what's more productive is if someone on our team wants to try something, ask them, what are you trying to learn by doing this? And if they can't give you a cohesive response, help them figure it out. Help them identify 2 or 3 things that they're trying to learn by doing this. Once they've tried that, ask them, what did you learn? And now, based on what you learned, what are you trying next? Because sometimes it's not about— even in baseball, when you think about it, You can score a run with 4 singles back to back. It's not about the 1 home run. Right. Same principle here, but for change.
