For the last two decades, “move fast and break things” has been one of the most powerful ideas in modern innovation. It gave teams permission to experiment. It rewarded learning over hesitation. It ...

A founder once told me, proudly, “We innovate so fast that if something breaks, we just fix it live. It’s how we learn.” I replied with a simple question: “What happens when the thing that breaks is a ...

For years, many tech companies have embraced Mark Zuckerberg’s early career mantra: “Move fast and break things.” The phrase has become synonymous with the bold, risk-taking ethos of the tech industry ...

Even well-intentioned leaders who move at the speed of innovation can lose their teams.

If you’ve spent any time in founder circles, you’ve probably felt the pressure to move faster. Ship faster. Hire faster. Pivot faster. It sounds like ambition, and sometimes it is. But more often, ...

Speed has a bad reputation in business, much of it deserved. Discussions of quality problems at Boeing or the collapse of FTX or even Quibi’s dramatic flameout often zero in on speed: Things were ...