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Elon Musk's 5 step process for making things in a better way

Colin Hickey
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This video is an extract for educational purposes from a great interview with Elon Musk by Everyday Astronaut. Watching the entire multi-hour tour of SpaceX's Starbase is recommended. You can find the first episode on Everyday Astronaut's channel here:    • Starbase Tour with Elon Musk [PART 1 // Su...   This video is an extract for product managers, service designers and others people who make hardware, software or both. It might be good general life advice too! The 5 step process for handling requirements when making things, according to a man who gets a lot of things done and learns from his mistakes (including the Cybertruck window smash, which he's wearing an image of on his t-shirt during the interview). 1. Make your requirements less dumb  …...more
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Elon Musk's 5 step process for making things in a better way
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2021Aug 10
This video is an extract for educational purposes from a great interview with Elon Musk by Everyday Astronaut. Watching the entire multi-hour tour of SpaceX's Starbase is recommended. You can find the first episode on Everyday Astronaut's channel here:    • Starbase Tour with Elon Musk [PART 1 // Su...   This video is an extract for product managers, service designers and others people who make hardware, software or both. It might be good general life advice too! The 5 step process for handling requirements when making things, according to a man who gets a lot of things done and learns from his mistakes (including the Cybertruck window smash, which he's wearing an image of on his t-shirt during the interview). 1. Make your requirements less dumb
  • Your requirements are definitely dumb
  • Its particularly dangerous if a smart person gave them to you as you might not question them enough
2. Delete the part or process
  • If you're not adding back then you're not deleting enough
  • Don't add requirements just in case, don't hedge your bets
3. Simplify/Optimise
  • Don't optimise if it shouldn't exist
4. Accelerate cycle times
  • But don't go faster if you haven't worked on the other 3 things first...
  • If you're digging your grave don't dig your grave faster
5. Automate
  • Don't reverse these 5 steps

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Colin Hickey

157 subscribers