Having all the answers
Do you know someone who just believes they have all the answers? They know exactly what to do and what you should do. Maybe it's your boss or someone in your team? A relative? Oh, yeah, that can get pretty darn annoying.
Statistically speaking, even if this person were to have all the answers, quite a lot of them would be the wrong answer. That's just math, people.
There are many states of being for answers - right and wrong are just two. All the answers will include good, bad, wrong, right, and crazy - to name but a few. If answers are not wrong, they might not be right either - not right for this situation, not right now.
Still, one individual having all the answers is a pretty unlikely scenario. For a start, where would they keep them?
That's why we are often better off with a group of diverse thinkers bringing all kinds of perspectives, information and experiences. They will ensure greater creativity and innovative ideas - but if they all want their answer to be right, that will make things even trickier.
The group I want to be part of consists of diverse and curious thinkers, who
are keen to hear and seek to understand the rest of the group,
are prepared to be convinced by something new that has merit, and
will stand by what looks like the best way to go even when it doesn't benefit them directly.
That's a group I want to join - even it is a bit uncomfortable. But as Ted Lasso says, in his inimitable style,
"Taking on a challenge is a lot like riding a horse, isn't it?
If you're comfortable while you're doing it, you're probably doing it wrong".
These uncomfortable consortiums are not only interested in the answers but in questioning things a little deeper together. And that's where the magic is. Right there in the questions we ask. Because no amount of right answers to a wrong question is going to help.