Scott WatsonExecutive Coach for Board Level Leaders, Summit Consulting and Training Ltd · Executive Coach for Time-Poor C-Suite Leaders Who Need Results - Fast | Board Level Facilitator | Emotional Intelligence Expert |

Make Your Ideas Hard to Ignore

13 Jul 2026 · 1 min

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Scott Watson says ideas get rejected because people frame them as personal opinions. Instead, present them as evidence-backed patterns: cite observable trends, client requests, or customer metrics like order-processing delays. This makes your idea appear larger and safer, so it's more likely to be accepted.

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Want your ideas to land first time? Do this. The mistake most people make, they present their ideas as personal opinions. Instead, present patterns with evidence where possible. For example, we're seeing this trend across multiple teams, or clients are increasingly asking for this solution, or customers are leaving in droves because of slower order processing times. Now your idea feels bigger, safer, more credible because people don't just buy ideas, they buy what feels evidence-based and proven. This pattern is a really easy way to do this more effectively.