Overthinking (2021)
Amazon has an internal tool called "Forte", a tool used once a year for employees to provide "anonymous" feedback for one another. One piece of feedback that cropped up multiple times for me, from multiple people, was that I could improve in "bias for action", akin to analysis paralysis mentioned in the article.<p>At first, I got a bit defensive ... and in response, I ended up running an experiment, delivering code & written documents that — inside my head — felt incomplete, unpolished, not quite at the "bar".<p>The feedback following?<p>Overwhelmingly positive.<p>I had anticipated that my peers and leadership would notice a drop in quality. Instead, I was commended for speed of delivery.