Direction is the scarce skill: the place of highest leverage

When anyone can brief an agent, building stops being the bottleneck; choosing what to build next, where nothing blocks you, and starting without knowing the end, is what employers and users pay for.

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Where it comes from

Places of highest leverage the argument (newsroom)
Not a straight line two days against six months (newsroom)
Connect the dots backwards doors, fast iteration, constraints, leverage (article)

What it answers in the 2018 book

Deadlines answered outline, Concepts
Start with Why answered outline, Life Patterns

Where it goes

Chapter Direction is the scarce skill, part Direction and judgement (drafting); topic Direction is the scarce skill: the place of highest leverage, knowing when to stop, starting without knowing the end.

Other ideas proposed for the same chapter: Knowing when to stop is most of seniority, One-way and two-way doors, blast radius, and where a person belongs, Agents decide, people answer.

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