> and that leadership by arbitrary decree is stupid. Great! These are age-old lessons
To some extent! There are also cases where any decision is better than no decision, and all the options are good enough that it's not worth the delay to argue about them.
> any decision is better than no decision
Where does that fit, in a company where there's only one techie? Not sure I get your comment here.
Also "good enough" is a very, very tempting and treacherous mistress...