Life at the Speed of Play - Chapter 7: F**k Scale

Hey y’all! Full transparency: this was one of those weeks. I barely carved out the time to hit record, so today’s episode is short and unpolished, even by my “raw and unedited” standards. But Chapter 7 of Life at the Speed of Play couldn’t have landed at a better moment, because it’s all about keeping your product or service actually good while you’re growing your team.

What you’ll learn:

* Why “scale” so often becomes the excuse for letting quality slide, and why Pincus is basically telling you not to let that happen

* The real tension between growing a team and protecting the thing that made your product or service worth using in the first place

* A little bit of me practicing what I preach (poorly, this week) by showing up imperfect instead of skipping the episode entirely

* Why this chapter hit different for me right now, as I’m building out product innovation work and thinking constantly about how to keep quality intact as things scale

* A quick ask: I want you to help pick the next book we read together

Next week I want your vote on what we read next. Drop it in the comments or send me a DM, I’d genuinely love to know what’s on your shelf.

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