Darwin's theory of evolution and being an idea evangelist

Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution is best known for its quote on the survival of the fittest.

The accurate Darwinian quote is as follows:

Survival of the form that will leave the most copies of itself in successive generations.

In Consulting , when we facilitate large group conversations, It becomes very difficult to herd every one together and try to channel their thoughts and ideas to one single conclusion. 

Similarly , when we run large programs of works, it becomes very tricky to introduce change and make it stick.

My experience has been to use the most famous and least understood idea of the “the survival of the fittest”.

Often times, it becomes important that the idea that we introduce needs to stand the test of 100 of logical questions and business scenarios thrown at it for it to be accepted. There is a rather simple alternative.

My approach has been to start with a simple question that leads back to the why of the current situation and talk quickly about the how of the solution. 

This is counter - intuitive since most of the initial solutions are pie-in-the-sky types. However, I have found in my experience, this sticks and people keep going back to the single big idea and talk about how to get to that.

Often times, I have seen that idea been exaggerated and some times even morph to context. I have often let the idea become what it wants to. This rather than the fact that the idea surviving several onslaughts has helped me before.

Some of the ideas that come out are downright crazy, however, these help the program and the people stay sane by trying to understand what to do to get there, thus becoming an aspiration all the time.