1/ The key to finishing projects on time is to start every single step as late as possible (exactly the opposite of what most PMs do)
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Jonathan Zittrain coined CS version of this as 'procrastination principle' which takes it beyond what's possible with mfg systems
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something very interesting brewing here. Intertwingularity rising
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these methods applied to "lean" ends drive output, productivity, efficiency. Towards "fat" ends drive learning, play and freedom
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I'm haunted by a Goldratt line: "I'm saying it is possible to systematically develop a marketing breakthrough." Trying to make u mad :)
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specific source is Its Not Luck, his book on the Thinking Processes
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only familiar with The Goal, and the operations research stuff. This stuff sounds like early version of lean startup?
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ie my basic stance towards hedgehogs is: cannibalize their thinking irreverently, but don't take them at their own estimation
with foxes it's reverse: be careful what you accept (they can be poison pills), but you can trust their self-estimation more
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