slow learning amid speedy reform

made w/ midjourney

If you choose not to trust the way things have been done, you’re re-allocating that trust to yourself, your team, new vendors. You’re making bets. You’re taking a risk.

You might make this bet because you want speed. The way things have been done is slower than you want to go. You think your customer or community deserves something faster. Or you’re running out of time and cash and you can’t afford to wait.

Dear speedster, please note: Learning, correcting, and building take some time in the early going that using the system that exists does not. You might look and feel slower than the default / status quo at the outset of your experiment.

Don’t let that initial delay dismay you; don’t forget to price it in when you’re planning.

-eric