Ideas on the line
Thoughts on ideas that I got wrong for most of my life is (and sometime still do)
* You need to put yourself on the line for experiminting outside of those. I kept wishing I would find this "big AND safe" idea on my safe side of the line.
* Distruptive and really great ideas never have guaranties, proof and deniability. Yet I find myself waiting for trying to find one that have at least one of that bad trio.
* if it was that simple someone would have done it already. Why do I still keep trying to find a simple one?
* I thought the idea had to be unique, new and fresh. Now I find it so much easier to say its "like this" slightly changed for.. Sort of putting your idea on the line next to another genre, book, industry or whatever then taking just a small step from there into the new thing. The mistake I keep doing is jumping into the new idea without connecting it to existing things for those Im talking with.
* Analytic's is not a guarantee for the future. Dare to make an assertion. work to figure out if its working and help those you serve see what you see. I trust data, but its not everything.
* Leadership is NOT asking your team to give you X options and you choose the best one. If that was all it took, your team doesnt need you. The idea that matters are not that simple. Be kind to yourself and create something real for those you want to help so you can test if its working for them.
.. and a small rant on agile, MVP and what a focus on viable instead of minumum product might mean for those you serve.