When you asked me to do something, I would know why you think it matters. If I told you my plan, you would know the thinking behind it. Instead of deb

Wide Interfaces vs Deep Ones

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2024-09-25 16:30:04

When you asked me to do something, I would know why you think it matters. If I told you my plan, you would know the thinking behind it.

Instead of debating what to do, we could discuss why we need to do it. Instead of hiding behind a powerpoint proclamation, we could share our truer selves, and our rougher thoughts, and figure it out together.

The curse of humanity is that we can’t read minds, but we do need to work together. Every company I’ve ever worked with has struggled to connect what we need to do, to why we need to do it.

This is where whiteboarding comes in. The combination of writing and drawing anywhere you want can help us build ideas and solve problems together. No two whiteboards are the same because no two problems are ever the same.

Collaborating like this, in the spirit of openness and vulnerability, we can share our goals, assumptions and ideas, we can ask questions, make plans, have fun, and learn to trust each other.