Taking calculated risks

How I saved my company $1 million

Photo by Eunice Lituañas on Unsplash

Questioning assumptions and being willing to deviate from your boss’ instructions can be scary.

It was about ten years ago, and the director of engineering took a chance on me. She assigned me to work on a mega-multi-million dollar program. This program also had several million dollars in incentives if the project achieved milestones ahead…