[catwind7]

i agree. I think this is why I find companies like tesla and spacex exciting. They seem to have set up incentive structures that encourage _both_ quick execution and innovation (which requires deep understanding). One thing he's said that really struck me is that it's _really_ difficult to produce innovation if you tie punishment to failure. People tend to be conservative if they are punished / think they will be punished harshly for trying and failing. But if you want to innovate, failure has to be an acceptable outcome

hopefully we see more companies go in this direction

[jmchuster]

well that's where the whole mantra of "move fast and break things" comes from.

Putting it out there and failing also accelerates you faster to the right answers. If you release it today, it'll take 6 more months of iteration to really get it right. Or maybe you spend an extra 2 years of development to get it "right", but then once you release, you'll still have to spend 3 more months of iteration anyways to get it right.

[catwind7]

yeah, this hits home for me because my team just spent a couple of years trying to get a product right and now it's on the verge of being replaced.

I think I've typically associated that mantra with pure software companies, so it's surprising when a company does this with rockets