James Stoner blinked. He opened his mouth, then closed it. He scrolled mentally through the PDF. There was no chapter for "eight days." There was no flowchart for "salvation."
Elena stood up. “James, the result I need is to not be fired next Tuesday. The illusion of speed is better than the reality of bankruptcy.”
The room buzzed with frantic energy. Across the table, the heads of Sales and R&D were already scribbling wild, untested plans. But James Stoner felt a familiar calm. He opened his laptop, pulled up the PDF, and navigated to Chapter 14: "Managing Change."
“But… the process,” he stammered. “Stoner says that skipping steps creates only an illusion of speed and never produces a satisfying result.”