PureReinvention Podcast 13 PureReinvention Foundation #2 - Ownership

How do you take ownership of new projects? In our latest podcast, Mike Bills, owner and CEO of MB Strategies, and Misty Elliott, one of the founding members of the PureReinvention project, discuss the second foundation of PureReinvention – Ownership.

DIG IN

At the 1:50 mark Mike explains how ownership builds accountability.

It’s normal to feel apprehensive when you’re taking ownership of a reinvention plan because of the unknowns. At 5:57Misty and Mike talk about working through reservations when you need to take ownership of something new or different.

QUOTE IT

“Owning disruption allows you to fully understand the problem.” (2:25) 

“As we take ownership of the direction rather than ownership of a specific function we’re able to then accept what we know and we’re also willing to accept what we don’t know.” (7:39)

Main Take-Aways: 

1 – Disruption without ownership is counterproductive. 

2 – Taking ownership allows you to fully understand the problem or situation that needs changed.

3 – When you own the process, you become invested in finding a solution.

4 – There is a degree of risk in ownership that might be uncomfortable, but the discomfort is what pushes you toward reinvention.

Next episode:  February 16, 2015, Mike Bills and Misty Elliott interview Dirk Milliman, Owner, Milliman Communications.

Produced by: Will Carlson, WillPower Consulting (www.williamrcarlson.com)