Do less, but add my request.
Everyone agrees we should do less, until it’s their feature on the line. A reflection on stakeholder balance, motives, and the quiet discipline of saying no without losing yes.
The modern paradox of focus: everyone supports simplicity, until simplicity excludes them.
The Moment of Inspiration
It started with a conversation about simplicity.
A team had been overwhelmed. Too many features, too many priorities. Leadership finally aligned around a theme:
“We need to do less.”
Every stakeholder nodded in agreement. Every department echoed it: “We should focus.”