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When teams avoid examining their stated mission

Our startup team keeps talking about 'changing the world' but when I try to pin down what we actually think needs changing or why our solution matters, everyone gets vague and starts talking about market opportunity instead of impact.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

A group has adopted aspirational language that masks their reluctance to wrestle with the substantive questions their work raises.

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