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High-Leverage Innovation
- Focus on making high-leverage changes to existing functionalities instead of reinventing everything.
- Identify the most impactful area and innovate there, rather than creating something entirely new.
The 'Rooms' Project
- Josh Miller led a project at Facebook called "Rooms," which introduced many novel features like in-app forums and QR code invites.
- While individually interesting, the combined novelty made the app too unfamiliar, highlighting the risk of excessive innovation.
Iterating on "Peek"
- The Arc team prototyped "Peek" multiple times before its successful implementation.
- Initial attempts felt inadequate, demonstrating the importance of iteration and recognizing when an idea truly works.