Mike

Stan and I lived with this constantly in Zaire/Congo when taskings came in and we sought ways to meet them. On the other hand, the same risk adverse people would think up truly hair-brained schemes for us to do, when the real issue was budgets our ability to achieve hairbrained schemes supposedly affected the organization's budget. They were shocked when I told them to pound sand.

I didn't find things much different in Rwanda except I had Ambassadors who were common sense and allowed us to use our judgement. My organization didn't change but my immediate in-country leadership improved dramatically.
The old saying about "yes, you can go swimming, but don't go near the water" definitely applied when it came to HQs.

To answer your original question: anyone with "Wild" in his nickname is trouble.

Best
Tom