You Can’t Have It All 4 Ways
As a design nut and hobbyist systems thinker, I really liked the post that starts below. It was very thought-provoking. Hope it helps… (Pete)
- Quick;
- Cheap;
- Innovative;
- Good.
You can choose any two of the four, but whichever two you choose rule out the other two. It goes like this:
If you choose to provide a product or service that is both innovative and good, it will neither be quick nor cheap to produce. Innovation and quality take time: time to produce and refine the initial idea, time to make sure that all the bugs are ironed out before it goes on sale (famous software companies and auto makers take note!), and time to introduce and market it correctly. In addition, the people working on it need to come to work feeling in good shape, mentally and physically, or they cannot be as creative as you need them to be. Trying to rush things through, or cutting corners, will destroy the quality aspect. Being niggardly with resources will force people back onto old ideas, so there will be no creativity.
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