The bulk of the story covers how to work around the corporate hierarchy. That's an important aspect of getting the work done in *some* contexts. Even if it's just additional tax for ineffectively managed organization (but that's another story).
But even sticking to the context and accepting the reality: the whole train of thought guess with an assumption that we got the idea right.
Which is unlikely.
And if we didn't the whole effort (if successful) would lead to a bad product investment.
Now changing the process to include early and frequent validation it both improves the chances of building something that would work *and* gives fodder to navigate corporate politics.
Ok, but where is validation?
The bulk of the story covers how to work around the corporate hierarchy. That's an important aspect of getting the work done in *some* contexts. Even if it's just additional tax for ineffectively managed organization (but that's another story).
But even sticking to the context and accepting the reality: the whole train of thought guess with an assumption that we got the idea right.
Which is unlikely.
And if we didn't the whole effort (if successful) would lead to a bad product investment.
Now changing the process to include early and frequent validation it both improves the chances of building something that would work *and* gives fodder to navigate corporate politics.
Yes, this article is focused on kicking off a major initiative. Great suggestion to show how to keep momentum in the big picture.
Here is an article about getting those quick wins https://open.substack.com/pub/amycmitchell/p/strategies-for-generating-quick-wins?r=dzfx1&utm_medium=ios