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Field Note: #073 | The Perfection Paralysis
The product was protected. The opportunity was lost.
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Perfectionism is the only form of delay that gets praised in a boardroom.
In this episode of Field Notes, we examine a recurring scene across engineering labs, product teams, and executive committees: the finished project that cannot quite leave the building.
Whenever a launch date approaches, new standards mysteriously appear.
A tolerance needs tightening, an interface needs another pass, or a strategy deck requires one more week of alignment.
We unpack The Perfection Paralysis—the mechanism by which teams substitute internal refinement…
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