Unintelligent disobedience

- Intelligent disobedience comes with no guarantees. If you have positive intent, and you have done your homework, the idea of engaging in intelligent disobedience will probably work. However, if you don't, there could be some consequences. Let me tell you a couple of stories. The first is about a marketeer named Scotty. Scotty is known for establishing really good relationships and being very efficient with the way he sells. One day, he's passing through town, and it's the town in which one of his more difficult-to-reach clients lives. He actually passes by his house at 7:45 in the morning, decides he'd stop and ring the doorbell. But, when he did, Nick, his client, was absolutely outraged, kicked him out, didn't want to talk to him for six weeks. Scotty put too much emphasis, or overemphasized, the depth of his relationship with Nick. Second story is about Maggie. Maggie's a technical architect who's not supposed to also build her solutions, but, one day, to save time, she built the…