Harold Yoh is chair and chief executive officer of Day & Zimmermann (dayzim.com), a leader in construction & engineering, staffing and defense solutions for leading corporations and goverment agencies around the world. He is the third generation of the Yoh family to lead Day & Zimmermann - a family-owned business and former recipient of the U.S National Family Business of the Year Award.

Sometimes exploration is worth it. Sometimes you just spent a week of the team’s attention answering a question the founder could have tested in an afternoon. That is the part I think leaders underestimate. Ideas do not only cost money. They cost time, focus, and brainpower long before anyone approves a budget. The question I’d want answered is: how much of the organization does this idea deserve yet?