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It's hard to argue with anything the author wrote. It's all reasonable and makes sense. However, I believe that he implies a false dichotomy. I believe that
by rmah 16y ago
It's hard to argue with anything the author wrote. It's all reasonable and makes sense.
However, I believe that he implies a false dichotomy. I believe that both "do the right thing" and "do things right" are important. I believe that one of the keys to success is to synthesize top-down and bottom-up thinking together.
I believe that you need a supple mind or organizational culture that can ping-pong between the "big picture" and the "devil is in the details" repeatedly and quickly. By doing so, I believe you can do quick sanity checks to ensure that the big picture is practical. It also allows ensures that you don't waste time on unimportant details.
I have no proof this beyond of own experience. :-)
- TGJ 16y agoIdeas making sense has nothing to do with ideas being valid. You are correct that doing the right thing and doing things right are both important. What good is it to do the right thing if you do it really bad? I think he makes an implied assumption that if you're doing the right thing you are doing it right. You need both in order to operate best which makes the entire comparison moot. If you have no balance the next thing to expect is an article touting doing things right is more important than doing the right thing.
- lotharbot 16y agoBoth are important, but doing the right thing is a prerequisite for doing that particular thing right. If A, B, and C are the keys to success, I may be able to succeed by doing a mediocre job on A, B, and C, but there's no way I can succeed by not doing A, B, and C, even if I do an excellent job on D, E, and F.