Think about teaching children to ride a bike. You can’t ride it for them. You watch them wobble, but if you stepped in every time it looked like they might fall off, then they’d never learn, and in any case they fall off far less than you think they will! But if you see them about to veer into traffic, or into a nearby duck pond, then you have to step in. Likewise, as an architect, you need to have a firm grasp of when, figuratively, your team is steering into a duck pond. You also need to be aware that even if you know you are right and overrule the team, this can undermine your position and
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