Ever wonder why the most brilliant insights happen after the meeting ends? Why the quiet person in the corner never speaks up, even though they clearly have something valuable to say?
In this hard-hitting episode of Iconoclast Insights, André Daus exposes the uncomfortable truth plaguing organizations everywhere: the best ideas don’t win – the loudest egos do.
Discover the “Coffee Kitchen Phenomenon” that’s killing innovation in your workplace, and learn the simple but revolutionary technique that flips the script on traditional meetings. André reveals why psychological safety beats brainstorming budgets, how cultural dogmas are strangling breakthrough thinking, and what happens when you finally separate idea quality from speaker status.
You’ll learn:
- The one meeting rule that instantly amplifies quiet voices
- Why fear of looking foolish is innovation’s biggest enemy
- How to spot when ego is masquerading as expertise
- The cultural patterns that make Germans (and others) suppress their best thinking
- Practical tactics for building idea meritocracy in hierarchical organizations
This isn’t another feel-good innovation pep talk. It’s a direct challenge to the systems that reward conformity over creativity – and a blueprint for fixing them.
Warning: This episode will make you uncomfortable about how your organization really operates. But that discomfort might just be the first step toward breakthrough thinking.
