Speaker 1
I want him to make sure that the project is collectively owned and the outcome is collectively owned. Now Martin's feedback is, but I've got some bozos on the project. I've got some folks that I don't think would actually do a good job. Well, I think that the idea is if you run a positive but inclusive process, it doesn't mean that you hand it to your quote unquote bozo and expect that to fail. What you instead need to do is you need to say, Hey, I have this expectation. And when it comes up short, you escalate that to leadership and say, Look, we want to be able to hit this milestone. Here's what needs to happen. I have made it clear to this individual what our expectations are. And we're not quite getting there. Help me figure out what we need to do. Nobody wants to be part of a losing team. But if you don't give people the feedback and if you don't run it in a positive, less adversarial perspective, less personal attacks on the individuals, then people will want to join your team. Hitting the milestone is almost part of Martin's identity. So Martin needs to recognize that it might take a little bit more time to get to the outcome if he includes others. And the third thing is that Martin needs a hobby, which sounds hilarious. But I want to just explain what I mean by that. Martin's putting all of his attention into nailing this milestone, this project and owning that outcome. It's almost intertwined with his ego. If Martin had other things that he was able to control, perhaps he would spend a little less time trying to control the outcome at work. And so when you take just a bit off of work, when you recognize that, look, projects are going to come and go. And ultimately, the project when we launch is going to have to change. And that change is going to require a bunch of people to be part of that process. And if those people don't feel like it's their show, but it's the Martin show, they're not going to be very excited about being part of that journey. And so in some ways, by Martin saying, look, I really have this great project on the side that I work on. And this thing I do have control and ownership and it's kind of my joy.