You’re a project lead on a cross-functional team preparing a major client presentation. The presentation draft was due this morning so you could finalize the design and send it to the client by 3 p.m.

When you open your inbox at 10 a.m., you see a frustrated message from a colleague, Priya:

“We can’t do our part if people don’t respect deadlines. This is the second time the data team has been late. It’s really unprofessional.”

You check with Jordan, who leads the data team, and he says:

“We had to verify numbers after a system glitch last night. I wasn’t going to send bad data. I wish you and Priya understood that accuracy matters more than arbitrary deadlines.”

Now, you, Priya and Jordan are all annoyed. The client expects the draft today.

Discussion task:
What do you do?
What information do you need?
What issues are at play here?