The Worst Optimization: Perfecting Something That Shouldn't Exist

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One of the most common strategic mistakes is relentlessly tuning a thing that should not exist in the first place. Brilliant execution can disguise the absence of a question worth answering, turning a team of A-players into highly paid custodians of a dead-end project. The discipline is to step back before you optimize and ask whether the system deserves your craftsmanship at all.

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