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Rather, the term “strategy” should mean a cohesive response to an important challenge. Unlike a stand-alone decision or a goal, a strategy is a coherent set of analyses, concepts, policies, arguments, and actions that respond to a high-stakes challenge.
Good Strategy/Bad Strategy
Richard Rumelt
In product development, avoiding these pitfalls requires not only defining the right metrics but also maintaining a willingness to revisit and refine them. Metrics should not be static; they must evolve as the context and the goals change. Moreover, leaders must remain vigilant to ensure that the pursuit of those metrics does not lead to a loss of purpose or values. Sometimes it means slowing down, adding friction, or choosing a less profitable path because it’s the right one.
Unintended Consequences - by Mike Fisher
Unintended Consequences
Mike Fisher
So what does it take to combine Agile and AI well?
**1) Strong fundamentals to create clarity**
Know the customer problem you are solving, the outcome you want and what you are not doing right now.
**2) Tight feedback loops to turn effort into learning**
Short cycles, real signals and a willingness to change the plan based on what you learn.
**3) AI used as an assistant to the loop, not a substitute for judgment**
Use it to draft, explore options, pressure test and accelerate analysis. Keep the decision making with the team.
If you want a simple practice you can try this week, use these four questions in your next planning or discovery conversation:
• What are we trying to learn in the next 5 days?
• What is the smallest test that could teach us that?
• What did we expect to see, and what did we actually see?
• What will we change based on what we learned?
That is Agile. It is a learning system. AI just raises the stakes, and raises the upside, for doing it well.
A Practical Way to Learn Faster This Week
Jeff & Josh | Sense & Respond Learning
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