Trish's Blog

Because “that’s how we’ve always done it” isn’t a strategy. 

Assumptions are sneaky. 
They guide decisions without being spoken. 
They shape strategy without being questioned. 
They become rules without ever being agreed upon. 

And before you know it, they run the workplace. 

The problem isn’t assumptions themselves afterall we all need shortcuts. The issue is when we treat assumptions as fact. 

The teams that thrive are the ones willing to poke, prod, challenge, and re-examine the thinking beneath their actions. They notice when things no longer make sense. They recognise when repetition becomes stagnation. 

That’s where Weird Wisdom® comes in, particularly the parts about exploring the unconventional and finding harmony in contradiction. It invites teams to treat thinking as a living process, not fixed doctrine. 

Instead of: 

“We already know how this works,” 
it becomes: 
“What else could be true?” 

That shift opens the door for more diverse thinking, more curiosity, and more innovation without needing massive change or disruption. 

Here’s one question worth asking regularly: 

Which assumptions are you treating as truth and what might happen if you tested them? 

Sometimes shaking the foundations doesn’t break the structure, it strengthens it.