There’s Always Another Piece of Art to Modify

Just because you demo your product or project to someone doesn't mean that you're done with it but sometimes you are indeed; that's the definition of "shipping".

As creatives, developers, makers, and artists at some point we have to let go of our art pieces and realize that our demo is indeed our FINAL demo; our MASTERPIECE…and we stop working on it. We ship it. We let it go.

There will always be more comments and more feedback on that thing but at some point we look the other way and move onto the next thing.

Think about De Vinci and the Mona Lisa, for example. At some point he surely said, "I'm done" and walked away. The feedback kept coming on it but he didn't look back and modify THAT piece of art; he modified others.

Why Do Organizations Have a “Top”? (The Theory of Wringable Necks)

Organizations have a top for two reasons: accounting and accountability purposes. In our organizations we need "single wringable necks" and modular, replaceable parts so we can distribute risk and seek remedy as necessary. We need to know the parties we can rely on and those from whom we can seek remedy. In a way we are distributing our risks and interests to many players; outsourcing.

When it comes to organizing things, we like to "pool" our resources amongst many players; but we like each of them to have a very clear role and responsibility (jobs).

Take the case of cloud computing: "Put it in the cloud." (A single, centralized place). The redundancy in the cloud is the thing that *would* make us trust it. We as people rarely trust single entities alone, in isolation. We frequently create backups and distribute our risk; we often "trust but verify".

We need the things in our lives to do specific jobs for us so we can rely upon them for living our purposes. The only way to manage in this outsourced context in my opinion is to make our things' responsibilities very clear; oftentimes contractual. When the things aren't living up to their responsibilities and agreements, then we need to change them, the contracts, or start wringing wringable necks.

“What It Means” and the Definition of Done Are Constantly Changing

Given our current experiences, situation, and knowledge, we are able to determiune "What It All Means" and decide what we are going to do next. When we do some, most, or all of those next things we are able to re-assess where we are at and where we need to go (again). In other words determining "What It Means" is context-sensitive, constantly changing, and fluid. So, BE AGILE!!!!