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Sketchplanations - A weekly explanation in a sketch
They call it feature creep, but that's the polite corporate term that doesn't capture the madness of what actually happens. I've watched it so many times. At first, the product starts clean, elegant and focused. A small team poured their hearts into solving one problem really damn well.
But that's where it all just begins.
One user will write: "I lov... See more
But that's where it all just begins.
One user will write: "I lov... See more
Tobias van Schneider • Death by a Thousand Buttons — from the Desk of van Schneider — Edition №268
The Peter Principle,” which says everyone rises to their level of incompetence.
James Altucher • Reinvent Yourself
Peter Principle. It’s the idea that people at work tend to get promoted to their “level of incompetence”—they keep advancing based on their success in previous jobs until they get trapped in a new role that’s beyond their abilities.
Adam Grant • Hidden Potential
As the System grows in size and complexity, it gradually but inevitably outgrows its component specifications. Parts (whether human or electronic) begin to fail. The important point is: ANY LARGE SYSTEM IS GOING TO BE OPERATING MOST OF THE TIME IN FAILURE MODE What the System is supposed to be doing when everything is working well is really beside
... See moreJohn Gall • Systemantics. The Systems Bible
This principle has emerged from the observation that temporary buildings erected to house Navy personnel in World War I continued to see yeoman service in World War II as well as in subsequent ventures, and are now a permanent, if fading, feature of Constitution Avenue in Washington, D.C. The construction of the Pentagon, a few short miles away acr
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