Comments for Jonathan Kochis http://jonathankochis.com Wed, 08 Feb 2012 04:59:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 Comment on The Disturbing Culture of Failure by jonathan http://jonathankochis.com/the-disturbing-culture-of-failure/#comment-700 jonathan Wed, 08 Feb 2012 04:59:53 +0000 http://jonathankochis.com/?p=305#comment-700 'Fail faster' refers to the response to failure as opposed to the failure itself. You're right, it's the same as iteration. I'm more concerned with how the proliferation (and mis-use) of 'failure' erodes the value of forethought, planning, and risk management when taken out of context. ‘Fail faster’ refers to the response to failure as opposed to the failure itself. You’re right, it’s the same as iteration. I’m more concerned with how the proliferation (and mis-use) of ‘failure’ erodes the value of forethought, planning, and risk management when taken out of context.

]]> Comment on The Disturbing Culture of Failure by Wedge http://jonathankochis.com/the-disturbing-culture-of-failure/#comment-699 Wedge Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:42:35 +0000 http://jonathankochis.com/?p=305#comment-699 I think you're missing the point. The idea of "fail faster" is to get your ideas out in front of real customers as soon as possible and get a tighter feedback loop so that you can stop working on bad ideas and steer good but flawed concepts towards better versions. It's just iterative development. If you work a flawed idea to death in isolation and then release it to the public much later then it will still fail, but now the consequences are much larger. It's better to find out such problems as soon as possible. "Fail faster" DOESN'T mean: piss off your customers, let people down, burn money, burn relationships, fail to meet deadlines. It means: get feedback and iterate faster so that you can succeed. I think you’re missing the point. The idea of “fail faster” is to get your ideas out in front of real customers as soon as possible and get a tighter feedback loop so that you can stop working on bad ideas and steer good but flawed concepts towards better versions. It’s just iterative development. If you work a flawed idea to death in isolation and then release it to the public much later then it will still fail, but now the consequences are much larger. It’s better to find out such problems as soon as possible.

“Fail faster” DOESN’T mean: piss off your customers, let people down, burn money, burn relationships, fail to meet deadlines. It means: get feedback and iterate faster so that you can succeed.

]]> Comment on The Disturbing Culture of Failure by jonathan http://jonathankochis.com/the-disturbing-culture-of-failure/#comment-697 jonathan Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:07:13 +0000 http://jonathankochis.com/?p=305#comment-697 Thanks for your input Adam. I love the 'plan better' and 'work smarter' additions....I might just have to insert them in my post. Cheers. Thanks for your input Adam. I love the ‘plan better’ and ‘work smarter’ additions….I might just have to insert them in my post. Cheers.

]]> Comment on The Disturbing Culture of Failure by Adam Malamis http://jonathankochis.com/the-disturbing-culture-of-failure/#comment-696 Adam Malamis Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:03:31 +0000 http://jonathankochis.com/?p=305#comment-696 "Money is real. Relationships are real. There is no safety net." Great sentiment Jon. It seems like the masses have embraced what used to be "fail fast, fail cheap" - something specifically attributed to product development and bastardized it to an all-encompassing ethos for how to run one's business/life/affairs in general. It's a different attitude entirely that accepts failure as a possibility and then thinking through (I believe it's called strategizing?) the steps of to prevent potential detours to achieving one's goals. I'd add "plan better" or "work smarter" to complement "try often" and "try harder" - maybe even attributing outcomes to their own actions (aka having an internal locus of control) instead of scapegoating the universe. “Money is real. Relationships are real. There is no safety net.”

Great sentiment Jon.

It seems like the masses have embraced what used to be “fail fast, fail cheap” – something specifically attributed to product development and bastardized it to an all-encompassing ethos for how to run one’s business/life/affairs in general. It’s a different attitude entirely that accepts failure as a possibility and then thinking through (I believe it’s called strategizing?) the steps of to prevent potential detours to achieving one’s goals.

I’d add “plan better” or “work smarter” to complement “try often” and “try harder” – maybe even attributing outcomes to their own actions (aka having an internal locus of control) instead of scapegoating the universe.

]]> Comment on New Year, New Office, New City by jonathan http://jonathankochis.com/new-year-new-office-new-city/#comment-653 jonathan Thu, 12 Jan 2012 01:07:28 +0000 http://jonathankochis.com/?p=274#comment-653 Thanks for the comment K -- it's a tough call but it sounds like you've figured out what you have to do. Good luck! Thanks for the comment K — it’s a tough call but it sounds like you’ve figured out what you have to do. Good luck!

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