Shipulski On Design

To do new things, you’ve got to stop old things.

If you don’t stop old things, you can’t start new things.

Resources limit the work that can be done.

If you have more work than resources, you won’t be able to complete everything.

Spread your resources across fewer projects, and you’ll accomplish more.

If you run more projects, you’ll get fewer done.  Resource density matters.

For new behavior to start, old behavior must stop.

If you don’t stop old behavior, you can’t start new behavior.

When your standard work no longer works, it becomes non-standard work.

When it’s time for new work, non-standard work becomes standard work.

To get more done, improve efficiency.

To get the right work done, improve effectiveness.

New behavior requires a forcing function.

No forcing function, no change.

Things change at the speed of trust.

No trust, no change.

Transformational change isn’t a thing.

Evolutionary change is a thing.

Starting new projects is easy.

Finishing new projects requires stopping/finishing old ones, which is difficult.

Creating a start-doing list is common.

Creating a stop-doing list is unheard of.

Image credit — Demetri Dourambeis

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