Brad wasn’t ready to give up. He sought out the biggest misfits at Pixar for his project—people who were disagreeable, disgruntled, and dissatisfied. Some called them black sheep. Others called them pirates. When Brad rounded them up, he warned them that no one

believed they could pull off the project. Just four years later, his team didn’t only succeed in releasing Pixar’s most complex film ever; they actually managed to lower the cost of production per minute. The Incredibles went on to gross upwards of $631 million worldwide and

won the Oscar for Best Animated Feature.

Notice what Brad didn’t do. He didn’t stock his team with

agreeable people. Agreeable people make for a great support network: they’re excited to encourage us and cheerlead for us.

Rethinking depends on a different kind of network: a challenge network, a group of people we trust to point out our blind spots and help us overcome our weaknesses. Their role is to activate rethinking cycles by pushing us to be humble about our expertise, doubt our knowledge, and be curious about new perspectives.

The ideal members of a challenge network are disagreeable, because they’re fearless about questioning the way things have always been done and holding us accountable for thinking again.

There’s evidence that disagreeable people speak up more frequently —especially when leaders aren’t receptive—and foster more task conflict. They’re like the doctor in the show House or the boss in the film The Devil Wears Prada. They give the critical feedback we might not want to hear, but need to hear. Harnessing disagreeable people isn’t always easy. It helps if certain conditions are in place. Studies in oil drilling and tech companies suggest that dissatisfaction promotes creativity only when

people feel committed and supported—and that cultural misfits are most likely to add value when they have strong bonds with their colleagues.

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📚هایلایت قسمت 55 کتاب Think Again

✅ Give up: To stop trying, تسلیم شدن / دست کشیدن

✅ Seek out: To look for and find with effort, جستجو کردن / دنبال چیزی رفتن

✅ Misfit: A person who doesn’t fit in with others, آدم ناسازگار / متفاوت

✅ Disagreeable: Unpleasant or hard to get along with, بدعنق / ناسازگار

✅ Disgruntled: Unhappy and dissatisfied, ناراضی / دلخور

✅ Dissatisfied: Not pleased with something, ناراضی / ناخشنود

✅ Black sheep: An outcast; the odd or undesirable member of a group, آدم متفاوت یا مایه ننگ خانواده/گروه

✅ Round up: To gather people or things together, جمع کردن / دور هم آوردن

✅ Pull off (something): To succeed in doing something difficult, از پس چیزی برآمدن

✅ Gross upwards of: To earn more than a certain amount (often with money), درآمد داشتن بیش از

✅ Support network: A group of people who give help and encouragement, شبکه حمایتی

✅ Cheerlead for (someone): To encourage or support enthusiastically, تشویق کردن / حمایت پرشور

✅ Blind spot: An area of weakness or something one cannot see, نقطه کور / ضعف

✅ Overcome weaknesses: To defeat or improve personal shortcomings, بر ضعف‌ها غلبه کردن

✅ Rethinking cycles: Repeated processes of reconsidering ideas, چرخه‌های بازاندیشی

✅ Hold (someone) accountable: To make someone responsible for their actions, مسئول دانستن کسی

✅ Speak up: To express opinions openly and confidently, صریح صحبت کردن / نظر دادن

✅ Critical feedback: Honest evaluation, often pointing out flaws, بازخورد انتقادی

✅ Harnessing people: Effectively using people’s abilities or energy, بهره‌گیری از افراد

✅ Cultural misfit: A person who doesn’t adapt to the culture of an organization, ناسازگار فرهنگی

✅ Add value: To make a positive contribution, ارزش افزوده ایجاد کردن

✅ Strong bonds: Close relationships, روابط محکم / پیوند قوی