We always focus on more, what happens when we start thinking about less?

1. Building software like Curitiba. A TED inspired drive to work.

4. “ Creativity starts when you cut a zero from your budget. ”

5. How would our decisions change?

6. $1,000,000

7. $1,000,00 X

8. $100,000

9. $1,000,000 vs. $100,000 6,667 vs. 667 hrs. 42 Months vs. 4 Months

10. That would be a drastic shift in thinking. We might even have to be *gulp* creative .

11. We might have to think differently about a few things. Like…

12. Adopting an Op erating Ex penditure vs. Cap ital Ex penditure Mindset yagni, ifm, tvm, irr, sxn, release early

13. Living the practices behind the Agile Manifesto focus on value, simplicity, welcome change, trust, motivated individuals

14. Focus on Getting Real flex scope, less software, constraints, start with no, actions instead of words

15. Stop talking about efficiency , and start focusing on effectiveness .

16. I think we could build better software, for better markets, with better people…

17. And it can go a lot further than just building software…

18. 30 minutes vs. 3 minutes meetings vs. discussions

19. 20 Minutes vs. 2 Minutes drive to work vs. work from home

20. 100 pages vs. 10 words business plan vs. mantra

21. 1400 vs. 140 characters blog post vs. twitter post

22. 60 minutes vs. 6 minutes presentations vs. lightning talks

23. Where else does this apply?