Part of the responsibility of taking the "red pill" is that YOU have to join the rebellion and "fight" along side your teammates to save the day. I do believe that there is a way to position the truth of a situation (even if it isn't what others want to hear) AND project an air of confidence that it will all be ok if we pull together.buckle mit to a plan and GO!Īs YOU run towards the fire.keep in mind that YOU need to.īe a Part of the Solution. I have to admit that I have struggled with the balance between how much reality clients need to hear versus selling a version of of the story that is pure fiction (the emperor has no clothes). Is There a Balance Between the Red Pill & Blue Pill or is it Absolute? It is also incredibly sad (and almost amusing now) how many other people who were sent in to "save me" over the course of that year who literally fell off their "12 step program" and were subsequently fired. In the end.through the help and support of some AMAZING people.I put on my "big girl pants" and waded through reality one step at a time. Some of the "just smooth it over with the client issues were".Įmployees that were actively sabotaging the engagementĮxecuting to a contract that ensured we couldn't let any employees go AND we were expected to deliver cost savingsĪn aggressive sales growth number even though we weren't delivering to the client's satisfaction/sla's The leadership team at the time had NO idea about the problems on the ground and I was left to find out in very harsh.difficult ways what we were up against. In hind was the perfect example of taking the red pill.saving the hero didn't make it in the end. I was naïve and I believed it.this was MY MOMENT to shine.and I dreamed of how this would catapult my career.Īs it turns out.things were more messed up than I was sold by those who took the "blue pill" which I outlined my blog post 5 Things We Can Learn From Failure . ALL I had to do was come in and "smooth it over". There were some "challenges" with the engagement with the client over the past year but things were up and running. We had signed a contract with our first Canadian customer and we were opening a new office which would also support our largest US customer. I was bright eyed and ready to take on the world and I told this was a GREAT opportunity. The best example of what Morpheus talks about in terms of "taking the red pill and seeing how deep the rabbit hole goes" was when I was with Keane in 2005. I also believe our teams know when things aren't right and as leaders we sometimes go out of our way to paint rosy pictures which can erode our credibility. Having said that.I also believe that you can't truly leave things in better shape than you found them until you deal with the harsh realities that no one else has wanted to deal with. This has been a blessing and a curse for me over my life and career. Maybe it is my Industrial Engineering background.or just who I am at the core of my being.but I have always gravitated towards and been an advocate for "living the truth of reality". You take the red pill.you stay in Wonderland, and I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes." Neo chooses the red pill and joins the rebellion. As described by Morpheus: "You take the blue pill.the story ends, you wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. On the other hand, the blue pill represents a beautiful prison-it would lead him back to ignorance, living in confined comfort without want or fear within the simulated reality of the Matrix. The red pill represents an uncertain future-it would free him from the enslaving control of the machine-generated dream world and allow him to escape into the real world, but living the "truth of reality" is harsher and more difficult. In The Matrix, the main character Neo is offered the choice between a red pill and a blue pill by rebel leader Morpheus.
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