Behavioral question
You’re launching secure cross-workspace sharing for large law firms. Governance requires strict matter-level controls, sales wants a simple workflow for an upcoming launch, and engineering says full permission inheritance will add a quarter to the timeline. How would you align stakeholders, choose the MVP, and drive execution without compromising customer trust?
- Harvey
- Behavioral
- Hard
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