We’re experiencing exactly this in my organization right now. In the early days we could break plates constantly: spot a better way, throw out the old process/tool/approach, and ship the change in days or weeks. Reading this reminded me that the willingness to break plates shouldn’t be a startup trait only - it’s something we have to actively fight to preserve as we grow, or we risk slowly suffocating the very thing that made us successful.
Appreciate the metaphor and the push to stay uncomfortable.
Hang in there. It’s always a good thing to see and remember that there are others just like us. I can’t ever remember a personal change that was completely linear.
“changing how you sell required examining how you sell.” Ouch!
I am about to fall back into rut where I chose to lower my hourly rate for more consistent work, OR OR Or! Do something different.
My wife’s organization has an AI opportunity and while I am quite loathe to get involved in any way, uninvited, with her cool work. Maybe I should stay loathe and stay in my lane, but wouldn’t mind a brief jawbone about it?
We’re experiencing exactly this in my organization right now. In the early days we could break plates constantly: spot a better way, throw out the old process/tool/approach, and ship the change in days or weeks. Reading this reminded me that the willingness to break plates shouldn’t be a startup trait only - it’s something we have to actively fight to preserve as we grow, or we risk slowly suffocating the very thing that made us successful.
Appreciate the metaphor and the push to stay uncomfortable.
Hang in there. It’s always a good thing to see and remember that there are others just like us. I can’t ever remember a personal change that was completely linear.
Excellent writing and reasoning, Geoff!
“changing how you sell required examining how you sell.” Ouch!
I am about to fall back into rut where I chose to lower my hourly rate for more consistent work, OR OR Or! Do something different.
My wife’s organization has an AI opportunity and while I am quite loathe to get involved in any way, uninvited, with her cool work. Maybe I should stay loathe and stay in my lane, but wouldn’t mind a brief jawbone about it?
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