The Surprising Secret Todd Henry Reveals About Becoming an Irresistible Leader Everyone Depends On
Another favorite interview was with Adam Stelzner, who was a lead engineer at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and led the team that landed the Curiosity Rover on the surface of Mars. He talked about the importance of keeping your team in the “dark room”, or the place of uncertainty about which idea to pursue, long after it becomes uncomfortable. When you’re in the dark room you want to settle for the first idea and get to work, but he said that this often results in subpar efforts. Instead, you need to develop your team’s ability to stay in the place of uncertainty and to wrestle with ideas even as they see the deadline approaching. That’s the only way you get to the true value. It’s a kind of intuition you have to develop as a leader.
