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William Meller's avatar

Inspiring reading, thanks for that! Very inspirational, with the fourth column saying that most teams track "To Do," "Doing," and "Done." But for Cutler, there’s a crucial fourth column that changes everything: "Achieved Outcome."

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Mike Goitein's avatar

It’s an old lesson but essential to remember, William

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Jurgen Appelo's avatar

For ten years, I've said you're only done when you made an impact.

Glad to see some people are wisening up.

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Mike Goitein's avatar

I'm going to have to go with Upton Sinclair on this one, @Jurgen:

"It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it."

Far too many tech executives are incentivized for feature delivery alone...

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