Great article! I guess I was lucky that my early-years admin was very supportive & when he wasn't I just 'begged forgiveness'...

in place of asking permission

Ktibbs i'm told that's the way to do it, but...

Excellent!

Had a potential new boss tell me the other day that it's easier to get permission than forgiven from her. That's hard to operate that way

in an innovative environment, right?

wonder if she really meant it though... ?

GingerTPLC: agree! When I have an idea I want to try it NOW! I don't want to have to come up with all the explanations and then arguments

Right.

I need permission to try and fail. That's the permission I need.

wow, that's really profound. thank you!