Comments on: Which Are You–Good, Fast, or Cheap?

By: Seema Bickman

Seema Bickman — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 18:38:17 +0000

This was very helpful

By: Juan Ortiz

Juan Ortiz — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 15:47:52 +0000

If I have to pick two out of three, I will choose good and fast. Quick thinking allows you to create a concept fast, and once finished, you have spare time to look back on it and make sure that it is something worth of presenting an audience.

Being cheap is only good for commodity businesses because it’s the nature of the beast. For service providers, everyone should aspire to be good first, and then fast.

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By: Ted Grigg

Ted Grigg — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 22:37:28 +0000

I’ve used a similar analogy for years. Great work takes time, talent and money.

You decrease the time, then you automatically increase the cost and talent requirements.

If you decrease the talent, then you increase both cost and time.

And finally, if you decrease the cost, then you increase the time required to do the work and you still need the talent.

The bottom line: you need all three to solve a given problem. As the waterline goes down on one, you automatically raise the level of the other two.

I’ve found this quite useful in negotiations. Every one gets it.

By: William Reynolds

William Reynolds — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 16:16:42 +0000

I am good, because quality is one non-negotiable item as far as I’m concerned. As for the other two — well, let’s just say that the faster I’m asked to be, the less cheap I become.