Understand why things are the way they are, and help others see what you see

Realized that the word "context" is shorthand for the cumulative effect of all the past decisions that we cannot change now. Decisions about what business we're in, which clients we serve, what compromises we made, where we've invested time and effort, and where we didn't. All of it adds up. And here and now we are deciding things that will become tomorrow's context. — Elisabeth Hendrickson

Watch Elisabeth Hendrickson's talk "Influence > Authority and Other Principles of Leadership" from TestBash San Francisco 2018