Link: http://trax.fastcompany.com/k/w/mailman/fasttake/20080910/granular_thinking
by Shawn Graham for FastCompany.com
I once worked for a boss who accused me of being granular or always looking at things from "in the weeds." Ironically, that couldn't have been further from the truth and maybe that's one of the reasons I'm no longer there. But I digress.
It used to really frustrate me that, no matter how high level, big picture, or blue sky my suggestions were, my contributions and perspectives were always dismissed as being "too granular."
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