Real-Life Decision Making -- Solution
You just go ahead and listen to your instincts.
After all, the president told you to use your best judgment and make the
needed changes. You draw the device from the top angle, and spend a week filling
in details.
After one week, you head back to the office with your preliminary
sketches. The members are upset with what you've done. You try to explain
to them that the angle you have chosen shows off the device to its fullest
potential. Unfortunately, you didn't realize that the side mechanism
is what most customers will be interested in, and will therefore want to see
in the advertisement.
"But the president told me to make any necessary changes," you say, looking
over at her.
"I meant little changes and enhancements," she says. "I didn't mean
for you to leave a three-hour meeting and totally disregard what we discussed."
"Communication is vital in this business," says Chris Ceccarelli. "There
has to be a strong link between their ideas and yours."
In this case there wasn't much communication, and you've lost
a week's worth of work. You'll have to go back to the drawing board
and redo the illustration from the side angle.