My best manager: I don't recall him ever telling me (or anyone) to do something. He would say something like "Can we add something like this?" Or "It would real

My best manager: I don't recall him ever telling me (or anyone) to do something. He would say something like "Can we add something like this?" Or "It would really helpful if it could do this." Instead of telling us what to do, he acted like a "target designator" so the engineers knew the target we were trying to hit. Once we knew what he wanted we would do our best to make it. The guy was also a talented hands-on engineer and fun to work with.