The Mad King

Today's topic is: how to work alongside people who are INSANE. I won't ask for a show of hands but I would raise mine – how many work with deranged coworkers? I know I'd raise MY hand!
Truth is: we go from the difficult Book of Revelation to easy, 1st Samuel – only to discover: it's not so easy. There are hard things in this passage – a man who had the Holy Spirit taken from him, an evil spirit from the Lord, the onset of mental illness, music therapy, but our focus is the jerks at your works!
What really separates David and Saul? How do you account for the disparities between them? And how to work with really difficult people (esp. a supervisor)?

1. The Differences
2. The Underlying Cause
3. How/Where the differences play out in our work