Great post, except for one thing. AI didn't change anything, it just made what has always been true glaringly obvious.
Generals plan to fight the last war, logistics are more important than strategy, products mirror the founder's DNA and the company's communication patterns, planning mostly fails (because self-awareness is generally low), few product development processes consider the end user's needs as much as the organization's, and so on and so on.
A decade ago when I mentored startups, I often told them that what they’re building isn’t a product or service. Rather, they needed to build a platform to accelerate their learning about what that product or service eventually needed to be.
The difference to me now is that this is no longer just for startups.
Great post, except for one thing. AI didn't change anything, it just made what has always been true glaringly obvious.
Generals plan to fight the last war, logistics are more important than strategy, products mirror the founder's DNA and the company's communication patterns, planning mostly fails (because self-awareness is generally low), few product development processes consider the end user's needs as much as the organization's, and so on and so on.
Same as it ever was.
Fair point Ski!!
A decade ago when I mentored startups, I often told them that what they’re building isn’t a product or service. Rather, they needed to build a platform to accelerate their learning about what that product or service eventually needed to be.
The difference to me now is that this is no longer just for startups.
Amen my friend!