We have an epithet ("bossy") for those who assume control without embarrassment, but without these people, society would face certain doom. It only takes one group dinner to understand that not every decision is unanimous. Life is an endlessly forking trail of decisions; to get anywhere worthwhile, someone has to decide.
Occasionally, the decider is an algorithm. "You cut, I pick" is an algorithm that distributes cake. "Democracy" is an algorithm that distributes governance so that one person can decide for a group. You can use nose goes. You can flip a coin. But you can't abdicate every decision to the machine.
Creative work (which is most work) takes a single informed decider made of flesh and bone. In television, executive producer means ultimate decider. She is the destroyer of deadlocks. So is the director of a film. So is a head chef. You'll note the singular nature of the role. Adding more names on a script rarely makes it better.
You don't always have to be "in charge" to be the …
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