Turns out "get the hell out of the way" is very good baseline advice for a lot of situations.
Want to make a sale? Get a customer in the room with a good product, then get the hell out of the way.
Want your team of engineers to build incredible things? Hire good people, then get the hell out of the way.
Its not perfect, it hinges a lot on starting from a good place, but if you're in a situation where everybody in the room wants essentially the same thing (for the project to succeed, for the customer to drive away with a new car, etc), the best thing you can do is simply not interfere with the process that arises organically.
I hope you don't mind. I just took your idea, had chat GPT write an airport book about it, slapped "Get the H*ll out of the way!" on the title and sold it to Harper Collins for $1M.
Want to make a sale? Get a customer in the room with a good product, then get the hell out of the way.
Want your team of engineers to build incredible things? Hire good people, then get the hell out of the way.
Its not perfect, it hinges a lot on starting from a good place, but if you're in a situation where everybody in the room wants essentially the same thing (for the project to succeed, for the customer to drive away with a new car, etc), the best thing you can do is simply not interfere with the process that arises organically.