[ISL]

It has taken me a long time to realize that at least half of the prose I write, when writing a scientific paper, will be thrown away. Trouble is, until the full document takes shape, I never know which half.

If someone can predict and deliver what a customer wants, before they want it, with a 50% hit rate, that is excellent.

What appears to be troublesome in the narrative is, "It made him look great." It would be far more encouraging to see, "It made our team look great!" I get the sense that perhaps this boss wasn't sharing success, both credit and reward, with the team.

[codeisawesome]

Haha exactly, most of that comment looked like a glowing praise of that manager honestly! A rising tide should lift all boats - would be nice if GP posted whether the team also got any credits and rewards for being the LITERAL definition of Innovative Risk Takers!