44. The Blue Zone
“Orville Wright didn’t have a pilot’s license.”
—Richard Tait, Grand Poo Bah, Cranium
The team has at least one member who routinely exceeds authorization.
Meet Winston. Winston typifies a certain personality that you encounter from time to time on development projects. He’s not quite an anarchist, but he seems to report only to himself. He appears to do pretty much what he sees as best for the project, regardless of his marching orders. And yet, he never really goes too far. He just stretches his authority—and sometimes his manager’s patience—near to the breaking point. Winston operates in the blue zone.
When a manager hands ...
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