Part of the challenge of innovation is coming up with the problem to solve, not just its solution.
It's rare for people to genuinely try to understand what others are trying to say.
No one has died from giving a bad presentation. Well, at least one person did, President William Henry Harrison, but he developed pneumonia after giving the longest inaugural address in U.S. history. The easy lesson from his story: keep it short, or you might die.
This is one big problem with working remotely: no one believes you have a job at all.
The bottleneck is never code or creativity; it's lack of clarity.
People tell me this is obvious. But it's ok to be obvious. Knowing and doing are different. Many people know many obvious things they completely fail to do, despite their knowledge.