Why technical excellence is the foundation of GIS leadership — not the ceiling
Have you ever walked out of a meeting knowing your GIS program delivered exactly what was needed — and still left with nothing approved?
Have you ever been the most technically knowledgeable person in the room and somehow still not been in the room where your program's future got decided?
Have you ever been promoted into leadership and realized — quietly, privately — that nobody actually prepared you for this part?
Have you ever felt like you are the only one carrying the weight of this work alone?
If any of those landed, you are not alone. And you are not the only one who has been carrying them.
