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Thursday, January 22, 2004
Manager as Permission Giver -- An interesting insight from David Anderson, on the role of "manager as permission giver." One thing I noticed in his examples is that the manager says "should," the developer says "I can't because...," and the manager says "Don't worry about the 'because' -- I give you permission to do what you should despite it." A classic combination of dilemma and reservation.
[Later...] Then again, the "shoulds" might also be subject to permission to ignore as well.
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