How to Tell When a Team Is Reluctant to Share

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The best sign that people are not sharing their ideas is when you ask them they say, nothing. That's genifer lopez, head of the innovation lab at capital one and she knows how to tell when a team is holding back. Jenifer says, use the silence to your advantage. You need to sit in the awkward silence. And all you need is one idea. But not all good ideas are good for all organizations. How do you determine which ideas are worth pursuing? We'll find out how jenifer and your team do it later in the show.

This past summer, Fidji Simo departed from Facebook – where she stood among the highest-ranking female executives, serving as the head of their app – for the opportunity to become a first-time CEO at Instacart. She replaced founder Apoorva Mehta, who appeared on this show last spring to talk about Instacart’s incredible COVID-fueled growth. Since then, Fidji has emphasized an evolved company mission, diversifying the company’s leadership and focusing on providing the necessary technology to help grocery retailers best serve their customers. As you’ll hear Fidji mention in the episode, she was raised in a French-Sicilian family where food anchored their daily life. “To me, Instacart’s mission resonated deeply, and I saw a very big opportunity.”

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