All plans have flaws. So don’t wait for a perfect plan. Just start
moving, really fast, and let the competition worry about catching
up.
- There is a goal, and we are moving toward it on a flaming
bus.
- We are going Somewhere, but for now, we are in the middle of
Nowhere.
- There is a driver. She’s not quite sure where we are going,
so she’s moving us very fast in what we think is the correct
general direction.
- A lookout watches for evidence of the location of the goal.
The search space continually narrows.
- The engine is on fire.
- Someone is fixing it. We trust her to do that, because we are
busy throwing sharp things at the people next to us, unless she
asks for help, in which case we help her right away.
- The rest of the bus is on fire, too. We might get around to
fixing that. Or not. Someone is watching it and will do
something if it gets worse.
- The horde saw our smoke. They are chasing us. We must move
very fast to get there first or they will stop us or cut us off.
- If you’re at all close to us, you’re going to get hit by
something. You don’t want to be beside us. You definitely don’t
want to be close behind. It’s not particularly healthy to be in
front of us, either.
- In fact, good places to be are a) on the bus, b) very far
away, c) waiting for us at the goal, d) moving the goal.
- Shanti Rao, 2017