The unspoken truth about managing geeks | Computerworld

Interesting read, and a lot of this rings true. Not everyone is the same of course, and I suspect different teams would have some, but not all parts of this. Notably to me is even the use of IT in the article, as opposed to saying Technology. I found this paragraph powerful.

With IT, you cannot separate the technical aspects from the business aspects. They are one and the same, each constrained by the other and both constrained by creativity. Creativity is the most valuable asset of an IT group, and failing to promote it can cost an organization literally millions of dollars.

The creativity part is one that many people miss.