You manage things and lead people.
If it isn't bolted down, bring it home.
If you want my ghost just say ' We've always done it that way.' and i will haunt you for 24 hours.
The most damaging phrase in the language is: 'It's always been done that way.'
If one ox could not do the job they did not try to grow a bigger ox, but used two oxen. When we need greater computer power, the answer is not to get a bigger computer, but . . .to build systems of computers and operate them in parallel.
Developing a compiler was a logical move; but in matters like this, you don't run against logic - you run against people who can't change their minds.