From the library
Amp It Up
Frank Slootman, 2022
In one paragraph
Slootman's argument that most companies are not constrained by strategy or talent but by tempo, and that raising standards and shortening timelines is itself the intervention. Most useful for an organisation that is comfortable, competent and slow. Least useful if the problem is direction rather than pace, and the book is close to silent on the human cost of running this way.
Where this sits in the operating system
Focus & Essentialism
People & Relationships
Continuous Improvement & Feedback Loops
Focus & Essentialism
Key insights
Raise standards, narrow focus, increase tempo. Slootman's claim is that pace is itself a strategy, not a consequence of one.
Deadlines that feel unreasonable expose which work was never necessary. That exposure is the mechanism.
The book is close to silent on what this costs people. Read it knowing the omission is deliberate.
Recognise it early
The failure and the correction sit side by side deliberately. Read the left column asking whether any of it is already true of you.
Too many goals
Ownerless work
Decision paralysis
Meeting sprawl
Hiring drift
The same idea, argued differently
Geoffrey Moore
George Stalk Jr., Thomas Hout
Ben Horowitz
Jake Knapp, John Zeratsky
The full breakdown
Before you close this
Naming the specific moment you will act roughly doubles the odds you do.
Reference
- Author
- Frank Slootman
- Published
- 2022
- Category
- Business
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