Three people could stop it. One person could start it.

Nobody opposed the proposal. It still took nine weeks, and the structure that caused the delay appears in none of your reports.

By Steve 5 min read
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A proposal to add a second pricing tier goes into the system in the first week of February. It is signed off in the second week of April. In between, nobody objects to it. Finance looks at it and has no concerns. Operations confirms it can be delivered. The commercial lead who wrote it is still enthusiastic. Ask anyone involved who blocked it and you will get a shrug. Nothing blocked it. The structure did. Three functions had the standing to stop the proposal, and one person had the standing…

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