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I love this part the most -- "you’d do your homework first and then come to the table with - 35% of our [insert some key metric here] are caused by the lack of
by vinhboy 16y ago
I love this part the most -- "you’d do your homework first and then come to the table with - 35% of our [insert some key metric here] are caused by the lack of X functionality…"
Meetings would be so much more productive if everyone operated like this.
- studer 16y agoOn the other hand, "When a company is filled with engineers, it turns to engineering to solve problems. Reduce each decision to a simple logic problem. Remove all subjectivity and just look at the data. Data in your favor? Ok, launch it. Data shows negative effects? Back to the drawing board. And that data eventually becomes a crutch for every decision, paralyzing the company and preventing it from making any daring design decisions." http://stopdesign.com/archive/2009/03/20/goodbye-google.html http://stopdesign.com/archive/2009/03/20/goodbye-google.html
- Retric 16y agoI think that complaint work where much better if focused on a less successful company. Do you know of any large but failing companies that use this approach?
- btilly 16y agoRead The Innovator's Dilemma for a number of examples of how following the data lead companies off of nasty cliffs. (The follow-up, The Innovator's Solution, had a lot more useful detail.)