TL;DR (AI-powered): Front-loading disappointment by saying “no” or “maybe” instead of overpromising helps teams to manage expectations, fosters transparency, and builds stakeholder trust by focusing on realistic commitments and iterative planning.
I liked the article. I look at disappointment in the lenses of teams that over promise and under deliver all the time. I would prefer a honest assessment up front of not now or maybe instead of over committing and under delivering. I think it's about being over optimistic.
Nailed it. We tend to be over over optimistic on the short-term and the other way around in the long-term. It’s largely documented. And for as long as the organizational context incentives fundamentally starting work (which too often is the case) as opposed to finishing, then you have the reinforcing feedback to make it worse…
I liked the article. I look at disappointment in the lenses of teams that over promise and under deliver all the time. I would prefer a honest assessment up front of not now or maybe instead of over committing and under delivering. I think it's about being over optimistic.
Nailed it. We tend to be over over optimistic on the short-term and the other way around in the long-term. It’s largely documented. And for as long as the organizational context incentives fundamentally starting work (which too often is the case) as opposed to finishing, then you have the reinforcing feedback to make it worse…
Thanks for the comment, comrade!