Not being OpEx. Taking blame. Lending credibility.

Borrowing your watch to tell you the time.

Bringing information to the attention of the C-level that grunt workers weren‘t able to, because they don‘t have access, middle management censors it, or people below feel it‘s too risky for no reward.

Providing an accountability sink.

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Unaccountability_Machine

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skin_in_the_Game_(book)