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Dipayan's avatar

This is a very well articulated write up and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Would you be open to write a part 2 of this to go deeper into this topic?

Shuba Swaminathan's avatar

Yes, happy to. I often respond and write about topics readers of my Substack suggest, please feel free to share your suggestions for topics to address here:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf9IvkE2q5FuF8DlLTvis99oDR6cTt9ZbtshW7SMxpfe_lNug/viewform?usp=header

I am curious whether you have a specific scenario in mind.

Dipayan's avatar

Hi Shuba,

Thanks for the reply. A few scenarios come to mind that I think many readers would find deeply relatable: managing up when you strongly disagree with direction but don’t own the final call; navigating leaders who are politically powerful but operationally chaotic; and managing across when incentives are misaligned.

I’d also love to see a take on high power-imbalance situations, where managing up carries real risk. Any of these would make a compelling Part 2.

Shuba Swaminathan's avatar

Thank you for the suggestions, great topics!