Assume that people find you more authoritative, important, and hard-to-criticise than you think you are. It’s usually not enough to be open to criticism—you have to actually seek it out or visibly reward it in front of other potential critics.
Chapter 7 in this book had a number of good insights on encouraging dissent from subordinates, in the context of disaster prevention.
Chapter 7 in this book had a number of good insights on encouraging dissent from subordinates, in the context of disaster prevention.