Gall’s Law: A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple system that worked. A complex system designed from scratch never works and cannot be patched up to make it work. You have to start over with a working simple system.
As described by David Perell in his very interesting 50 Ideas That Changed My Life
Nicely expressed.
Start small (with an MVP for an MVA) and iterate.
See also:
Systems: complicated and complex – Aaron Dignan
Podcast Recommendation: Econtalk with Alain Bertaud on Cities, Planning, and Order Without Design
Maximising components vs maximising systems
Building systems, questioning statistics, finding things out, decline and fall
Lant Pritchett on reducing learning poverty: targeted interventions vs systemic change
Seth Godin on slack in systems
More from Seth Godin on slack in systems and resilience
Machine. Ecosystem. (4) – Marc Andreessen on Systems Thinking