Mention all problems anticipated with p>.5. Do nothing more than simply mentioning them, if questioned claimed you don’t know what could be done about them. Once problems happen, reveal that you knew it all along, and that now, having seen it happen, a flash of genius tells you how to resolve it immediately and prevent it from happening again.
I’ve seen this pattern in use. The Darth deliberately waits for the problem to happen, ready to be the first to jump on it (and its low-cost solution). Sometimes, they even subtly try to nudge things towards the problem happening. Even if there are lives at stake.
If you can anticipate problems your company can’t, in addition to career growth you can also make extra money: create a new company that will fix this kind of problem and when the time comes, recommend it as a solution. Repeat if necessary.
(This may be technically illegal, but the fixing company may technically belong to someone else than you.)
If you solve an urgent problem, you are a hero; if you anticipate a problem before it becomes urgent, you are a troublemaker.
Dark Arts For Career Growth variant:
Mention all problems anticipated with p>.5. Do nothing more than simply mentioning them, if questioned claimed you don’t know what could be done about them. Once problems happen, reveal that you knew it all along, and that now, having seen it happen, a flash of genius tells you how to resolve it immediately and prevent it from happening again.
I’ve seen this pattern in use. The Darth deliberately waits for the problem to happen, ready to be the first to jump on it (and its low-cost solution). Sometimes, they even subtly try to nudge things towards the problem happening. Even if there are lives at stake.
If you can anticipate problems your company can’t, in addition to career growth you can also make extra money: create a new company that will fix this kind of problem and when the time comes, recommend it as a solution. Repeat if necessary.
(This may be technically illegal, but the fixing company may technically belong to someone else than you.)