Re:Speed as a Habit
by EliRivers on Tuesday July 21, 2015 @03:41PM
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The final lines gives some indication of what delusion the author is labouring under; Don’t let you or your organization use that as a false shield or excuse to lose momentum. The moment you do, you lose your competitive advantage.
This is someone who has either not only drunk the kool aid, but is already on their way back from the store with another carful of it, or someone with very limited experience of business. I have worked for many, many businesses whose competitive advantage is not being fast, but in this author's view, being fast is the only advantage there is. Competence, cost, quality, reliability? Just fairy tales.
However, part way through this breathless look-at-me, the author clearly describes the advantage of a simple price scheme (We offered one price of $50 per employee per year... We just wanted to be able to tell people, “We may not be free, but we’ll be the simplest decision you ever made.”). This actual advantage is then smothered under the breathless fact that it was decided quickly; he made a good decision quickly, and that it was done quickly is apparently more important than being right. What a mess of text, and a mess of self-contradiction. Clearly, someone has decided the correct answer, "speed", and is now trying to mash evidence to fit.
This is someone who has either not only drunk the kool aid, but is already on their way back from the store with another carful of it, or someone with very limited experience of business. I have worked for many, many businesses whose competitive advantage is not being fast, but in this author's view, being fast is the only advantage there is. Competence, cost, quality, reliability? Just fairy tales.
However, part way through this breathless look-at-me, the author clearly describes the advantage of a simple price scheme (We offered one price of $50 per employee per year... We just wanted to be able to tell people, “We may not be free, but we’ll be the simplest decision you ever made.”). This actual advantage is then smothered under the breathless fact that it was decided quickly; he made a good decision quickly, and that it was done quickly is apparently more important than being right. What a mess of text, and a mess of self-contradiction. Clearly, someone has decided the correct answer, "speed", and is now trying to mash evidence to fit.