Technical projects inside a navy rarely follow a single chain of command. An engineer may have to manage superiors and subordinates while persuading peers at the same level to cooperate. Sideways leadership depends on compromise and persuasion when directors share responsibility and none is the boss. The person who coordinates those relationships may become the next formal leader or remain the power behind one. Operation Bumblebee provides a case study in the institutional work needed to turn engineering into capability.
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Operation Bumblebee and sideways leadership
Operation Bumblebee leads into a lesson on how naval engineers must manage upwards and downwards while persuading peers outside a simple chain of command.