One of the most useful things when developing anything at all is push-back or criticism. That's where you find value, insight, ideas and learning. I always value counterpoint far more than anyone who keeps telling me how great I am and that all is well.
Very recent example: I enlisted ten people a few weeks ago to critique a presentation I had to give at a conference in Zurich. One person, when I sent her the first draft, told me it was fantastic and that it sounded great. I never sent her version 2. Others pounded me hard with critique from every angle. They got every version until they had nothing negative to say. The last person stuck with me until the very last draft, she critiqued it until we both agreed it was time to let it go and focus on delivering what I had.
I say this to highlight that what I've been telling you is 100% in the spirit of constructive criticism. People telling you this is great is fantastic, but that never helps you make a better product or understand if you are on the right path. Keep going. Do what you believe is right. You don't have to accept or act on any criticism or push-back, listen to it, take it in and then do what you think is right given your objectives.
Fully agree! We'd much rather be in a situation where criticism is consistently thrown at the project so we can further improve it rather than having positive feedback and the discussion just stopping there.
One of the most useful things when developing anything at all is push-back or criticism. That's where you find value, insight, ideas and learning. I always value counterpoint far more than anyone who keeps telling me how great I am and that all is well.
Very recent example: I enlisted ten people a few weeks ago to critique a presentation I had to give at a conference in Zurich. One person, when I sent her the first draft, told me it was fantastic and that it sounded great. I never sent her version 2. Others pounded me hard with critique from every angle. They got every version until they had nothing negative to say. The last person stuck with me until the very last draft, she critiqued it until we both agreed it was time to let it go and focus on delivering what I had.
I say this to highlight that what I've been telling you is 100% in the spirit of constructive criticism. People telling you this is great is fantastic, but that never helps you make a better product or understand if you are on the right path. Keep going. Do what you believe is right. You don't have to accept or act on any criticism or push-back, listen to it, take it in and then do what you think is right given your objectives.