Keep the ability to leave

Ambition · Little Light original

The demonstration is impressive. The new platform will organise the work, save hours, and make a difficult process easier. In the excitement of choosing what comes next, almost nobody asks what it would take to leave. That question is not a vote against the opportunity. It is a form of care for the people who will inherit the decision. Can they retrieve their information in a usable form? Will they understand the work without the supplier beside them? Does the agreement allow a reasonable transition if the service stops fitting? A good beginning deserves those questions while there is still room to negotiate the answers. Ambition benefits from tools, partners, and commitments. It also benefits from keeping the organisation capable of choosing again. You do not need to predict which relationship will end. Build enough freedom into the beginning that staying can remain a decision, not simply the only affordable option.

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