If you re making things happen at your company, and early on you or someone else notices that you may be off course, it is incumbent upon that person to speak up and call for an investigation. This is usually the job of the resources, advisors, and the people affected by the change. Often the leader of the project is so immersed in the trees he can t see the forest. He ll happily proceed along the path that looks right and is totally wrong. This is the biggest management mistake that I ve seen made during ten years of consulting.
People surf the Internet.
They have a network of friends in high places inside and outside of the business. Problem is, if you didn t tell them and it affects their working lives, expect resentment and sabotage. If your making a major change at your company, you cannot over-include people in the distribution of information. This doesn t mean you put too many cooks in the kitchen, it means you tell everybody and solicit opinions and suggestions. This is in chapter 1 of the Successful Projects book that I keep in my subconscious mind.