The Value of Questioning Your Work
Love this slide from Jason Fried’s 37signals SXSW presentation. In a segment of his talk on questioning your work (rather than continuing on the same path just because…) he had a slide with the following:
- Why are we doing this?
- What problem are we solving?
- Is this actually useful?
- Are we adding value?
- Will this change behavior?
- Is there an easier way?
- What’s the opportunity cost?
- Is it really worth it?
I don’t know about you, but I can think of lots of applications for that slide!
There’s a helpful recap of his whole talk right here.
Thanks for the link, Mark. I keep thinking about Fried’s talk, and I’ve brought it up in many conversations since I saw it.
Most organizations, I think, would benefit by using the questions on this one slide as a sieve for all their current projects & priorities.