How to get more headcount.

One of the recurring challenges that teams face is getting headcount to support their initiatives.A similar problem is the idea that a team can’t get a favored project into their roadmap.In both cases, teams often create a story about how clueless executives don’t understand whytheir work is important.

I understand why dumb executives are such an appealing explanation to problems: it fits perfectly into theKarpman drama triangle bymaking executives the villian and the team the victim, but I...