What Happens When You Make Assumptions? Can Your Organization Succeed? 2040’s Ideas and Innovations Newsletter, Issue 106

Issue 106, May 4, 2023

Does your organization have what it takes to succeed? For example, how many times a day do you make an assumption? On a scale of magnitude, perhaps it’s the assumption that the sun will rise each morning and gravity will still be in place at night — to assuming that other people will drive responsibly and the trash in your neighborhood will be picked up.  Assumptions are based on trust that something or someone external to yourself will perform as expected. In fact, enlightened societies are built on a series of layered assumptions that keep them operational.

Yes, but. How many assumptions do you make that are wrong? Let’s face it, we tend to get comfortable and lazy, so we prefer to maintain the status quo. We resist change, are comfortably cocooned in “the way things are,” and will go to the mat to ensure our sense of security.  At 2040, we champion critical thinking as the most essential skill to run an organization.  Critical thinking is a reality check, and i…