A very insightful article. This comment in particular struck a chord: “It predicts why some smart employees struggle in some jobs while others thrive.”

My current position is predominantly ‘Hand Work’. I’m mainly responsible for cranking out volumes of detailed wireframes and part of how I am evaluated is the speed at which I produce. I am not particularly fast, because the repetitious nature of the work bores me to the point of procrastinating its completion.

What really energizes me is generating new ideas and thinking about different approaches to solving problems. I thrive on the dynamic chaos and collaboration of the ideation phase.

As far as ‘getting out of the deliverables business’ is it possible to influence an organization steeped in heavy documentation to take a more agile approach?

Thanks,
Christine