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What does it mean?
Architects need to remove bad ideas and demolish flawed structures to succeed.
In plain terms
Deleting wrong plans and breaking bad builds is key.
What can you take from it?
Be willing to discard flawed work early.

Where it applies

  • project management
  • creative process
  • building

Putting it to work

  • edit aggressively
  • demo what fails

Questions to consider

  • When is it time to start over?
  • How do you spot a bad idea?

Another view

Demolition can be wasteful and expensive.

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