It's riskier not to use intelligent disobedience

(lively music)…- People often tell me…that engaging in intelligent disobedience is too risky.…My first reaction, however,…is to say maybe it's not as dangerous as you think.…I've had people ask me, "Do you really think I can engage…"in intelligent disobedience without getting fired?"…And I was like, if you keep in mind…what intelligent disobedience is for.…

It's to create better outcomes.…And I'll ask them, do they know anybody in their business…that's been fired for engaging in intelligent disobedience,…for actually bringing forth or taking some action…to get a better outcome?…Who'd want to work in a business like that anyway?…But intelligent disobedience does involve some risk.…But you need to think about risk differently.…So there's two ways to think about this.…First of all, there's the short term risk…of facing your manager when you want to break the rules.…But there's another longer term risk.…

What if that manager comes in your office and said,…"Look at this horrible outcome.…"Did you know this was going to happen?…