Source [[202102042048 Book Notes - Change by Design]] **Start early to prototype an idea, to test it out so it can be improved early on. (As we say at IDEO, “Fail early to succeed sooner.”)** - The risk of such an iterative approach is that it appears to extend the time it takes to get an idea to market, but this is often a shortsighted perception. To the contrary, a team that understands what is happening will not feel bound to take the next logical step along an ultimately unproductive path. We have seen many projects killed by management because it became clear that the ideas were not good enough. When a project is terminated after months or even years, it can be devastating in terms of both money and morale. A nimble team of design thinkers will have been prototyping from day one and self-correcting along the way.