Tom Peters on “Ready, Fire, Aim.”
October 2nd, 2007
Peters isn’t a fan of “systems thinking,” as he explains in parts one, two, and three of a blog rant. He believes that too much emphasis on systems thinking saps the ability of a person or an organization to learn by doing — to move an idea quickly from the drawing board into the prototype stage, and then to experience the real-world feedback of a prototype that doesn’t work (or that doesn’t work completely, or that works but only in interesting/incomplete ways, etc.).
Me? I tend to be enamored of systems thinking . . . but then again I also tend not to accomplish/finish as much as I’d like.
Seems like it’s time for some quick-and-dirty prototyping . . .