There’s a moment most leaders know well. You’re sitting in a strategy meeting, half the room is zoomed out, talking about vision, opportunity, and where the market is heading in three years. The other half is zoomed in, mentally flagging the seventeen ways that vision could go sideways. Both groups are right. Both groups are frustrated with each other. And somehow, almost nothing gets decided.

That tension isn’t a team problem. It’s a thinking style problem. And understanding it could be one of the most useful things you do for your career, and your team, this year.

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