Chapter 3

Why do skilled teams still ship bland work?

Cả đội làm giỏi mà sản phẩm vẫn nhạt, vì đâu?

The chapter's question

How do you apply taste in writing, product, education, and leadership, and how does taste scale beyond one person?

Big idea

Taste is not just personal refinement, it is the invisible architecture that determines the quality of everything an organization produces.

In this chapter

  1. Part 3.1

    Taste in Writing and Product - The Art of Removing Fat

    Would your latest piece of writing or product keep its main idea if you cut 30% of it?

  2. Part 3.2

    Taste in Education and Hiring - Teaching What NOT to Teach

    In your most recent hire, how many written criteria could you turn your gut feeling about the candidate into?

  3. Part 3.3

    Taste in the AI Era - Curator Is Greater Than Creator

    Of the 5 drafts AI just wrote for you, in how many that read fine at a glance can you point out what is wrong?

The reading for this chapter is inside Conan School

This chapter has 3 readings, with case stories and exercises. Chapter 1 of Taste - The Ultimate Competitive Advantage is free to read right here.

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Chapters of Taste - The Ultimate Competitive Advantage

  1. 1.Is taste a gift, or something you train?
  2. 2.Does seeing more beauty actually improve my taste?
  3. 3.Why do skilled teams still ship bland work?