The Games Your Organization is Actually Playing
Or: before you blame the players, check the rules.
People, product and systems
A collection of 8 posts
Or: before you blame the players, check the rules.
Or: intellectual honesty is your competitive advantage.
New tools don’t just change what we can do, they change who wins. The printing press didn’t eliminate scribes overnight, but it made literate societies dramatically more powerful than illiterate ones.
Every company claims to be disciplined about prioritization; most roadmaps look like feature buffets with everything marked “high priority.” The space between strategic intention and daily execution is littered with good ideas that never shipped.
The math of product is simple but brutal: too many demands, not enough resources. Your backlog isn’t just full—it’s a graveyard of good intentions. When every feature is called “critical,” nothing actually gets built well. This isn’t about managing tasks...