This is the uncomfortable work of leadership. Admitting that something you built, something you've defended, something that does work—just doesn't work for everyone. And having the courage to expand beyond it instead of doubling down on it. Here's what makes this so difficult: When you have proof of concept, when you have success stories, when you have data that shows your solution works—pivoting feels like admitting failure. It feels like all that time and effort was wasted. It feels like you were wrong. But you weren't wrong. You just weren't complete. The peer support model we built? It works beautifully. We're not abandoning it. We're recognizing that it serves one segment of our population exceptionally well—and we need different solutions for the other segments. That's not failure. That's sophistication. And it's how you beat the scaling problem around why programs lose momentum without warning.

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