‘More haste: less speed’ my dad would say. And it is certainly true when you are trying to find an optimum way of doing things.
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In this short thought-video, I muse on this and look at why shortcuts in project management tend to fail. I connect this to two well-documented paradoxes:
- Jevons Paradox – William Stanley Jevons, 1860s
- Braess Paradox – Dietrich Braess, 1960s
The fast route is not always the best route. More haste – less speed.
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