[HN Gopher] The Flywheel Effect
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The Flywheel Effect
Author : mooreds
Score : 18 points
Date : 2024-08-16 18:28 UTC (4 hours ago)
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| akliwejrliawj3 wrote:
| So ... "inertia". This book attempts to re-invent the word
| "inertia".
| jetrink wrote:
| I'm allergic to business books, but I think a flywheel is a
| better metaphor by a mile. A flywheel is a tangible object that
| everyone has interacted with at some point. They're fun and
| satisfying to spin up to high speed. They are associated with
| engines and electricity. In contrast, inertia is an abstract
| concept. It's popularly associated with dead weight. It makes
| you think of heavy rocks and ships that are too large to
| maneuver quickly. It's not at all fun.
| wakamoleguy wrote:
| I agree. There is an additional quality here as well: Inertia
| doesn't care whether there is one big push or many little
| pushes. With the flywheel analogy, it's clear that it's not
| just one big push. That's what they are trying to convey in
| the business context. There is no one moment of
| transformation.
| rzzzt wrote:
| "Turn the Ship Around!" is another good book I hear (but did
| not read): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16158601-turn-
| the-ship-a...
| lupire wrote:
| Flywheels are only high speed when they are not doing any
| work.
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| As soon as they start doing work, they slow down.
|
| Flywheels are different from positive feedback loops, which
| is what people usually mean when they talk about flywheels.
|
| A flywheel is just a rotational store of energy. It's not.
| Usefully different from lifting a heavy weight via a pulley,
| and then releasing it a bit when you need to use it lift
| something else. It performs the same function as a chargeable
| electric battery.
| adamc wrote:
| I'm sure there are intelligent business books, as there are
| intelligent people in business, but most of the books I see
| are awful.
| asdasdsddd wrote:
| The thing about business principles is that they are either
| overfitted and not generalizable or they're over generalized and
| sound like, "just hire the right people"
| blueyes wrote:
| jim collins discovers positive feedback loops with threshold
| effects.
| sanderjd wrote:
| It's more like: Jim Collins describes the value of positive
| feedback loops with threshold effects with simple language
| using an evocative metaphor.
| incognito124 wrote:
| https://fs.blog/small-steps-giant-leaps/
|
| https://fs.blog/five-percent-better/
| mlhpdx wrote:
| That darn flywheel is just too heavy to start with so I'm going
| to start spinning a smaller flywheel and then add weight to it
| once it's moving. That'll be way easier. See, there? That's
| flywheels already spinning and now I can just take this extra
| piece and drop it on there and now it's moving around too. And
| let's drop a couple more on just to prove a point. Wait, what?
| The fly wheel is slowing down? Push it harder! That's better, now
| it's spinning again. Now let's get some speed -- push harder!
| Great. Now just... ouch! damn! Why are parts flying off?
|
| Etc. etc.
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