Controlled Momentum

An acceleration method with a place to put the brakes.

The model

Choose the next reversible action, the evidence it will produce and the condition under which work should stop. Movement becomes informative rather than ceremonial. A full launch is not required to discover that an assumption is wrong.

The working model
  1. 01Choose
  2. 02Try
  3. 03Read evidence
  4. 04Continue or stop

In practice

A service team tests a new handoff with ten requests before changing the entire workflow. The test exposes an access gap. Pausing to correct it is recorded as learning, instead of being hidden under a description of successful initial engagement.

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