People aren't supporting Moon Plan

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Thread: People aren't supporting Moon Plan

# 19132 byIan Woollard on Jan. 22, 2004, 10:39 p.m.
Member since 2022-08-22

> In addition, the
> role of the 'leader,' if there is one, should be to *do* stuff directly
> related to the project, not just supervise. In other words, the person
> whose in the driving seat should be there because he or she is moving
> things along in concrete ways, and people should follow the lead
> because the leader is in front, breaking ground, not in the rear giving
> orders.

I think that the most frequently successful projects have worked that
way- although it's not a prerequisite for a project to be successful.

I think that this pattern is probably why Apollo was so successful-
because Werner Von Braun filled this role.

> Many projects are poorly suited to this kind of approach.

I doubt this; although many leaders may be :-)