There is a thought pattern I like to use which puts me just over the “chasm” on the acceptance curve. I’m a sceptic of anything novel until the world tests it for me and i see those first indicators that it has “legs”. This saves wasting time chasing fads but still get early on the wave. I did it with SQL, ITSM, Linux, Agile, DevOps, Complexity, Business Agility, DEI, AI…
If you open your mind too far your brain falls out. And if you close it too far you end upon the wrong side of history (like all the consultants and managers still stuck in the 20th Century).