"I think we did a pretty good role, linking, being a sounding board really and a driving force, especially from the bottom up. I think that part of this is bottom up as well as top down"

In this quote, Richard Rogers is reviewing the role he and his group have played in a particular job. He thinks that they have actually done a good task in connecting various elements together, providing a sounding board for ideas, and driving the project from the bottom up. This suggests that the group has been actively associated with the task from the beginning, and that they have been working to make sure that the task succeeds from the ground up. This remains in contrast to a top-down technique, which would include the group being given guidelines from the leading and then carrying them out. By taking a bottom-up approach, the group has had the ability to guarantee that the project achieves success which all stakeholders are involved in the process.