If you enter any large chain store, you’ll see the same thirty designs on all the shelves. However, the custom jewelry trend isn’t a revolt against convention; it’s going back to where we started. Before mass production took over, ordering a piece was the norm. It wasn’t that a necklace was randomly chosen off a …
As companies grow, they put scale-first processes and systems in place to keep things running smoothly. These scale-first systems often include a project or portfolio management tool, collaboration software, and many spreadsheets. Ironically, these systems are optimized for the wrong thing. They sacrifice agility for visibility. They put structure over autonomy. And they focus more …
