By Charlie Gilkey

Editor’s Note: This is a continuation of our core conversation on “Great Connections Lead to Great Ideas.” Yesterday, Todd Kashdan encouraged us to be open to role reversals, and today, Jennifer Louden shows three things that get in the way of us having those great conversations that would otherwise naturally occur.

*****Jen muses on the things that get in the way of allowing great conversations to create great ideas – and how to sidestep those issues to allow the great ideas to flow! For example…

* We think we have to compete to have great ideas.
* We feel we’re not worthy of the great ideas – or we’re too smart for them.
* We need a way to capture the ideas that come from... More...