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A bad first draft beats waiting for a perfect one
Executive overview
When everything feels important, nothing gets prioritised. Starting with a rough draft — even a B+ — is more valuable than spending weeks refining before launch. Scorecards, plans, and metrics improve through use, not through upfront perfection.
Ship the draft, learn from it, then revise.
Why starting beats refining
- A "bad" first draft from experienced leaders is typically a B+ in practice
- Marginal gains from refining a B+ to an A rarely justify the time cost
- Scorecards and metrics look different after real-world use — you can't anticipate what matters until you're running them
- Items fall off the list; new ones emerge — iteration is built into the process
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