The Innovation Delusion
summary
Argues that the “innovation delusion” treats hype as a cure and move fast and break things thinking destroys the work of maintainers; cites infrastructure failures (Miami bridge), Enron fraud, GE’s failed rebrand and ventilator stockpile decay as consequences, and notes decades of studies showing most software effort—often the majority—goes to maintenance. Recommends culture, management and predictive maintenance tools (Augury, CMMS like Fix, chaos engineering at Netflix) and prioritizes fixing and funding existing systems over disruptive showpieces.
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chapters (29)
- 0:00Intro
- 3:30Silicon Valley
- 4:25Three main points
- 6:35Innovation Speak
- 7:40Enron
- 8:10The Innovation Delusion
- 8:45Three Scales
- 9:50Shortterm Thinking
- 11:05American Infrastructure Report Card
- 11:45Growth Ponzi Scheme
- 12:15General Electric
- 13:10University of Pennsylvania
- 14:00Software effort allocation
- 14:50Obesity
- 15:10US Home Size
- 15:50Being Mortal
- 16:40A Recipe for Disaster
- 16:50The Burden of Work
- 17:55Maintenance sustains success
- 19:40Reinforce the message
- 21:05Maintenance requires constant care
- 22:10How do we fix infrastructure
- 22:20Ventilators
- 23:00Healthcare Infrastructure
- 23:20Maintenance and Reliability
- 23:50Reflections
- 25:10The Maintainers
- 25:30Share your screen
- 25:45Sustainability
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