I was once tasked with writing a very important system and so started to attend meetings with higher-ups to discuss what had to be done. I had no idea what the

I was once tasked with writing a very important system and so started to attend meetings with higher-ups to discuss what had to be done. I had no idea what they were talking about 90% of the time. After 5 or 6 very long meetings, I decided to propose what I think should be done in the hope that their feedback would give me some insight. The result was that the final product was exactly what I had proposed.