Develop a business case for reining in approvals.
First there was “DBT,” or “Death by Tweakage”: When a brochure or newsletter “fails due to unnecessary tinkering or too many last-minute revisions.” (BuzzWhack.com)
Then came “nanomanagers”: “Bosses who have taken micromanaging to a whole new level of nitpicking.” (BuzzWhack.com)
Then it was “death by redlining”: “Redlined documents [are] like a theatre director giving line readings to actor[s] rather than helping them explore the character and give a stronger performance …‘when you say this line, raise your right eyebrow.’” (Matthew Stibbe, writer-in-chief for Articulate Marketing)
