This was a great edition! I was once struggling to launch a product I wasn't happy with. My advisor who worked with Steve Jobs used the phrase for the first time with me "it's okay to Go Slow to Go Fast". It shifts my perspective. Since then we've gathered a ton of data on every time how when we "moved fast to break things" how much time we actually ended up losing in follow up fixed, and backtracking. In some cases moving fast costed 2-3x more than if we had slowed down for the initial release.
This thinking of going slow to go fast is the most impactful education I received from my time at Apple. Shipping opinions is acceptable as long as you also observe and learn to adjust that opinion later on. I re-wrote this essay 4 times trying to land on something worth talking about =). Glad you like it.
This was a great edition! I was once struggling to launch a product I wasn't happy with. My advisor who worked with Steve Jobs used the phrase for the first time with me "it's okay to Go Slow to Go Fast". It shifts my perspective. Since then we've gathered a ton of data on every time how when we "moved fast to break things" how much time we actually ended up losing in follow up fixed, and backtracking. In some cases moving fast costed 2-3x more than if we had slowed down for the initial release.
This thinking of going slow to go fast is the most impactful education I received from my time at Apple. Shipping opinions is acceptable as long as you also observe and learn to adjust that opinion later on. I re-wrote this essay 4 times trying to land on something worth talking about =). Glad you like it.
I highly recommend reading Ken's book. It was always fun getting to listen to all the designers who worked at Apple and how they approached problems.