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Here's how you can overcome resistance to creative ideas as a senior stakeholder.

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Facing opposition when introducing new, creative ideas is a common challenge for senior stakeholders. It's essential to navigate this resistance effectively to foster innovation within your organization. Understanding the root of skepticism and leveraging your influence can turn the tide in favor of your creative proposals. Here's how you can break down barriers and champion innovation at the highest levels.

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Nick Sherrard

Global brands, products + innovation | Managing Director | NED | Chicken Herding
Elisa Durán

Product Manager for Global Platform at Lendo.

1 Understand Fear

Resistance often stems from fear of change or failure. As a senior stakeholder, it's your role to recognize these fears and address them head-on. Engage in open dialogue with your peers and teams to uncover the specific concerns they have about your creative idea. Listen actively and validate their feelings, showing that you understand the risks involved. By empathizing with their reservations, you create a foundation of trust that can help mitigate fear and open the door to constructive conversations about the idea's potential benefits.

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Nick Sherrard

Global brands, products + innovation | Managing Director | NED | Chicken Herding
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Certain skills are much more rare than we often think. One of them is the capability to move from the high level ‘birds eye’ view of an opportunity to the zoomed in ‘worms eye’ view of what you need to do to make a new idea real. The problem here is generating or building creative ideas requires that skill. The reality is that you need to work out which of your stakeholders can be genuine collaborators - which means you should bring them in as early as possible from the start - and who is never going to be. With the latter category the best thing is to gradually introduce the new idea under the guise of solving other problems ie. + useful insight to look at in the next board meeting + prototypes to share with investors + trial launches

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2 Present Data

While creativity often involves a leap into the unknown, grounding your ideas in data can help win over skeptics. Before presenting a creative proposal, arm yourself with relevant facts and figures that support the potential success of your idea. Demonstrating a clear link between your creative concept and positive business outcomes can help others see the value in innovation. When stakeholders understand how an idea aligns with business objectives, they are more likely to support it.

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Naba Khan

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To overcome resistance to creative ideas as a senior stakeholder, it's essential to foster an environment of openness, trust, and collaboration. Start by actively listening to concerns and objections raised by team members, acknowledging their perspectives, and validating their contributions. Encourage a culture of experimentation and innovation by emphasizing the potential benefits of creative ideas and highlighting successful examples from past experiences. Additionally, involve stakeholders in the decision-making process by seeking their input and feedback, empowering them to take ownership of the creative initiatives. Provide clear communication about the rationale behind the creative ideas and how they align with organisational ideas

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3 Align Interests

Understanding and aligning with the interests of other stakeholders is crucial for overcoming resistance. Identify what motivates your colleagues—whether it's profit, efficiency, or market leadership—and show how your creative idea serves these interests. When stakeholders see that an idea advances their goals, they are more inclined to endorse it. This alignment not only helps in gaining support but also ensures that the idea has a champion in every corner of the organization.

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4 Pilot Projects

Introducing a pilot project is an excellent strategy for easing concerns about new ideas. A smaller-scale implementation allows stakeholders to witness the benefits of your creative proposal without committing to a full rollout. This trial phase provides tangible evidence of success and can help convert skeptics into supporters. Additionally, feedback from the pilot can be used to refine the idea, further increasing its chances of success when scaled up.

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Elisa Durán

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Pilot projects are great opportunities to start a change management process at a small and not scary scale. If you think that the organization can benefit from a radical change, start challenging the status quo with the smallest feasible step. For example, if you think that the company can benefit from using AI to take meeting notes but a lot of employees are concerned about their privacy and how the information will be used. Find a small team that embraces change, pilot the tool for a couple of weeks, and then spend a lot of time sharing the results of the pilot with as much as people as you can. Fear can be battled back with empirical information.

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5 Communicate Vision

As a senior stakeholder, one of your most powerful tools is your ability to communicate a compelling vision. When you articulate how a creative idea fits into the larger picture of the organization's future, you help others see beyond immediate risks. Use storytelling to paint a vivid picture of the potential rewards and how they contribute to the long-term success of the company. A clear and inspiring vision can rally support and generate excitement around a new idea.

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6 Empower Advocates

Finally, don't shoulder the burden of championing creative ideas alone. Identify and empower other advocates within the organization who share your enthusiasm for innovation. These advocates can help spread positive sentiment about your idea and provide additional perspectives that may resonate with different stakeholders. A network of support not only amplifies your voice but also creates a sense of collective ownership over the creative initiative, further reducing resistance.

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