If you wanted to learn a lesson from that, it’s that your stakeholder management probably isn’t very good. If your ideas are being adopted when suggested by som

If you wanted to learn a lesson from that, it’s that your stakeholder management probably isn’t very good. If your ideas are being adopted when suggested by somebody else, then you know you have ideas that the business likes. Your potential impact however is going to be limited by your ability to convince other people that they’re good. I see this a lot with engineers who often resent having to participate in office politics. The result is that they come across as dogmatic, and unable to appreciate the concerns of other stakeholders, so people can be unwilling to trust their advice.