# director (leadership)

a person who has control over the actions of a group to create a product

- Computed level: L14 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: everyday  ·  Arena: lexicon

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [role](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-role.social), [control](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-control.ability), [action](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-action.deed), [create](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-create.production), [groups](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-groups.collection), [people](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-people.social), [products](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-products.goods)

**Through:** the role of a person combined with the ability to control a group's actions gives rise to a director

**Novel properties:**
- coordinated group action
- product-oriented leadership
- authoritative direction

## Examples
- Christopher Nolan directed 'Inception,' coordinating 200 crew members and $160M to produce the 2010 film. *(film)*
- Marie Curie directed the Radium Institute in Paris, overseeing research that produced two new elements. *(science)*
- Steve Jobs directed Apple’s 1984 Macintosh launch, aligning 500 employees to release a working prototype. *(technology)*

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*Structured data: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-director.leadership.json*  
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