You can't scope creep the undefined.
Where there are no boundaries, there can be no overreach. A reflection on ambiguity, optimism, and how undefined work always expands to fill its container.
When everything is in scope, nothing is out of it.
The Moment of Inspiration
It started, as many projects do, with enthusiasm and a blank page.
A team gathered around a new idea: a promising initiative, exciting, strategic, visionary.
But when someone asked, “What does success look like?” the answers were poetic.
“We’ll know it when we see it.”
“It’s about creating value.”
“Let’s not get bogged down in details yet.”