I’ve had the good fortune to work at a small place where the understanding between R&D disruptor types and get-shit-done GSD types was pretty good. When R&D types contain themselves/keep the playground from spilling over until whatever they’re playing with is ready/explored, and the GSD types don’t bulldoze the playground and let it feed them new tools/approaches/ideas when ready, it’s like an organization level flow state. Wish I had a formula for how to replicate that, is magical.
In my experience, the failure mode for "GSD" is more likely a thoughtless approach of pumping out code, without consideration for efficiency or effectiveness towards providing value.
