All core values
Growth
Open-mindedness
Holding beliefs loosely enough that better evidence can change them.
Behaviors
- Names what would change its mind
- Invites views from outside the team
- Updates publicly after new information
Anti-patterns
- Openness that never changes anything
- Dismissing ideas by their source
- Debate framed as winning
Reinforce it with
- Pre-mortems
- Outside reviewers on big calls
- Norms that reward changed minds
Open-mindedness keeps a team learning faster than the market changes.