Currently as a company we are on our way to find a local maximum which is a good thing. My role is different in that I am trying to look what we do next which means looking at unusual places. I am far from a perfect leader - see Is Glassdoor a good tool for looking at a company's health..
It okay to recognize that the company as whole can focus on getting a local maximum and the leader can still be allowed to be creative and explore what comes next. Both the leader and the company need to open to receive one another's ideas and educate each other.
See the Streetlight Effect.
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