Speed vs Quality

For those who pride themselves on how fast they get things done, stop to consider what’s missing. Speed to market is often critical. Minimum Viable Product (MVP) is the new normal. There is always trade off between speed and quality.

When moving fast, you don't notice what you don't notice. Small, but important things are missed. A child's laugh, a shooting star, a stop sign, or a product requirement.

This branch fell 12 meters from its tree as the International Space Station flew 405 km overhead at 28,600 km/hour. In the 1.5 seconds it took for the branch to hit the ground the Space Station had traveled 12 km and didn’t even notice the branch below.

Meanwhile, a Delta Airlines Airbus A330 flew over at 820 km/hour covering the distance of 3 soccer fields as the branch fell. Again unnoticed.

A sleek white 2020 Tesla Model X sped by at 120 km/hour, the falling branch briefly catching the driver’s eye as he passed, covering 30 meters as the branch fell.

A passing cyclist slowed as the branch tumbled down. She stopped. She observed. She understood. The beauty. The physics. The biology. The geometry. The math. The symmetry. The entropy. The beauty. She understood.

For those who pride themselves on how fast they get things done, stop to consider what’s missing. There is a trade off between speed and quality.

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