This was the first real moment of reflection.
Not from family. Not from friends.
But from people who’d shaped how I really think about change.
As Steve Norgrove (you’ll meet him in Round Two) put it:
“Change can be messy.”
I needed to know if this idea, bees doing change, could land with a wider audience.
So I reached beyond the usual circles.
John J Oliver.
Michael Ballé.
Andy Bounds.
Three respected voices. Each had made a mark on me in different ways.
I messaged them all on LinkedIn.
Each said “yes” to my initial message.
So I followed up with what I thought was a savvy move:
“Please sign an NDA before reading.”
Apparently… not so savvy.
Requesting an NDA is, it turns out, a bit of a no-no.
As quickly as they’d said yes, it felt like being on a quiz show:
Zing. Zing.
2 for 2. 100% failure rate.
(statistically not a good score)
One after another, the lights went out.
Each of them said, in their own way:
“No to NDAs.”
So I sent the draft anyway.
Copyright protected, and with a simple ask:
“Please don’t share.”
When it came time to send Andy’s email, I skipped the NDA bit entirely, figured I’d spare myself a third fail.
John J Oliver OBE we met at Leyland Trucks, around 2009, post-workshop.
Michael Ballé I read his book, we connected on LinkedIn 2009. Quiet ever since… until now.
Andy Bounds keynote at a Masterclass. Andy lit up the room. I then followed with a Case Study on how we had simplified complexity, and improved productivity dramatically.
We Connected on LinkedIn in 2012, and again no further contact.
They owed me nothing.
But they gave thoughtful, honest feedback.
It was … thought provoking feedback… and a real moment of, hmmmm the book might be ok.
The first 360° round of reflection.
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