5-Bit Fridays: Doing things right vs doing the right thing, simplicity scales; complexity fails, and your untapped growth lever
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5-Bit Fridays: Doing things right vs doing the right thing, simplicity scales; complexity fails, and your untapped growth lever
“Simple is nearly always better. But if it’s going to be complicated, then make sure the problem is worth the complexity. A great deal of time is wasted creating complex solutions to relatively unimportant problems.”
jamesclear.com • 3-2-1: New Paths, the Danger of Complexity, and Making Fast Decisions - James Clear
It can be difficult to appreciate how much simply avoiding the standard ways of failing dramatically increases the odds of success.
Simplicity is difficult because most of us are overcompensating for uncertainty. Adding something is easy. But removing something is hard, because it requires conviction. It’s easier to hedge against uncertainty, entertain multiple paths, and dilute your focus than to develop a strong opinion about what to exclude.
Things I'm thinking about
Most execution problems are culture or strategy problems (misalignment, different strategies). Indicator: does the bandage you applied keep falling off?
Substack • Shreyas Doshi on pre-mortems, the LNO framework, the three levels of product work, why most execution problems are strategy problems, and ROI vs. opportunity cost thinking
