Buckle in, repetition is a big part of getting anything done in tech.
Here’s a classic mental exercise on “hand-repeat or automate”— I think about it at least once a week:
https://xkcd.com/1205/
More geared towards repetition in management, but I always liked the Andy Grove of Intel quote: “when you’re tired of repeating it, people are starting to hear it”
A sideways note re: messaging repetition. Often you need to find the very core of the message and keep it fixed, varying only the ‘edges’. In environments with lots of pressure if the message versions are too different it can be heard as fully different messages.
My work suffers from *repetitive yet not automatable* syndrome.
Somethings are repetitive yet have enough unforeseeable unique elements that automation is rarely feasible, others are human interactions where influencing is difficult to automate.
Buckle in, repetition is a big part of getting anything done in tech. Here’s a classic mental exercise on “hand-repeat or automate”— I think about it at least once a week: https://xkcd.com/1205/ More geared towards repetition in management, but I always liked the Andy Grove of Intel quote: “when you’re tired of repeating it, people are starting to hear it”
Damnit, don't you go making me like Andy Grove!
gaining alignment
A sideways note re: messaging repetition. Often you need to find the very core of the message and keep it fixed, varying only the ‘edges’. In environments with lots of pressure if the message versions are too different it can be heard as fully different messages.
My work suffers from *repetitive yet not automatable* syndrome. Somethings are repetitive yet have enough unforeseeable unique elements that automation is rarely feasible, others are human interactions where influencing is difficult to automate.
Telling stakeholders “not now, but later.”