Marvel Method of Management

One of the great surprises of this year's NAB event was Stan Lee.  Like every dozens of fanboys in attendance, I came simply to kiss the ring of the creator of the Marvel universe.

Stan the Man proved to be something much, much more.

Along with the bombastic one-liners, Lee handed down some profound insight into how to succeed, particularly in fields like ours.

Paraphrasing Lee's management style that was vital to the "Marvel Method:"

The key is understanding when people have talent, recognize that and let them make the decisions.  Micromanaging leads to people not letting the people who know the problem and have the skills not make the decisions they are best at.

There's some truth that you can't find in a stack of top-down management style books.

Excelsior!!!