“I Told My Boss, ‘Jump—I’ll Catch You.’ She Said, ‘Maybe Falling For You Is Not Bad.’”

I told my boss to jump. And for three seconds, Sophia Cooper, senior partner, 2 million architect, the woman who fired people for being 2 minutes late, stood frozen on a climbing wall 40 ft above me, her $800 heels kicked off at the base, her perfectly tailored skirt restricting her legs, her hands white knuckled on a hold that wouldn’t savor if she …