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Insight 76 · Growth & Innovation

Making Lemonade Out of Don Lemon

This month marks two years of the Marketing Accountability Council, and over the next few weeks, I’ll be writing reflections on where we started, where we’re headed, and what’s breaking (and changing) across marketing and business.

The accountability test

Can the decision survive informed questions?

This idea asks leaders to move past activity, convention, and confident presentation. The test is what the claim changes, who can question it, and what evidence supports the decision.

In growth & innovation, accountability means making assumptions visible, naming an owner, and connecting the work to an outcome people can recognize. If the reasoning cannot be explained clearly, the system is not ready to scale.

Source: Making Lemonade Out of Don Lemon

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