Move Fast and Fix Things: The Trusted Leader's Guide to Solving Hard Problems

Great practical insights which I am able to use almost immediately. Well written and kept me glued to it. Will definitely come back to it and keep referring to it as I work on making change happen in my team and my organization

Move Fast and Fix Things is an engaging and practical guide to fixing hard problems. Anne & Frances eloquently coach readers on why we can operate with speed *and also* fix things -- a much needed antidote to the "move fast and break things" movement. The book is laid out in a very accessible way, with guidance, action plans, check lists, etc. A great guidebook for all of us who hope to usher in change in fast *and* productive ways.

I learned a lot of things about myself, my team, and how to move faster while fixing things. Great book. Can’t wait till Monday!

If you find yourself saying that “something around here needs to be fixed” but also find yourself stuck by no improvement, Move Fast & Fix Things is the path-forward-planning playbook of practical ways to approach, frame, intentionally experiment (with a willingness to fail, learn, and try again), and work to solve those hard problems.If you are serious about the details, don’t be deceived by its 178 pages of primary content and assume this will be a “quick” read.Once you learn “how” many change efforts fail (to be honest, I think the book really buried this lede), Move Fast’s blueprint schedule of logically ordered and helpful how-tos may inspire you to draft and tailor your collaborative problem-solving roadmap in a way that you confidently hedge your bets.Move Fast shows you how to plan, act, assess, and improve. Refreshingly, it does not waste your time with empty aspirational platitudes. But you will be hit between with eyes with sharp reminders about your fundamental and moral obligations owed to your colleagues, team, and organization. Leadership reminders that stood out for me included: pitchfork justice helps nobody; inclusion does not mean exclusion of others; avoid sham-hiring theater; and (channeling in a way that honors Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.) there is such a thing as being too late.Like we learned in their earlier book Unleashed, the true work begins with and centers on trust. Move Fast’s premise is that you really must earn your right to do this kind of tactical work around speed. You need an aligned, leaning-in organization that's firing on all three pillars of trust to then move quickly.Thankfully, the authenticity, empathy, and logic trust pillars are explained early on. So are understanding their wobbles, and how to approach rebuilding trust. (Yes! Trust can be rebuilt, they remind.) The authors are also realists and outline how to think about anticipated objections and roadblocks.As a bonus, readers/leaders can develop a forward-looking culture that will someday allow you to pivot from reactive operations “firefighting” to confident, proactive “fire prevention.”And if you’re technically not a “leader” today? Move Fast details perspective and approaches that will hopefully inspire ways you can still contribute to making things better.I have read and heard co-author Frances Frei—many times—share how it’s her goal to democratize the fundamentals behind her life’s work. Move Fast’s gifts, wisdom, and insights should be embraced in that spirit. Each of us—and our organizations and our people—will only be the better for it.

There are certainly some good parts to this book, but it was disappointingly shallow. There's very little new here. It mirrors ideas that were introduced years ago by John Kotter, Ed Stein, and the book "The Speed of Trust." And if you want some a deeper dive on teamwork, look at the writings of Richard Hackman.

If you need a practical guide to solve problems FAST, look no further. Oh and btw, this book is a delight to read too. Experts often explain strategic insights in an unnecessarily complex way. Not this book. It is so relatable. I mean “Make New Friends”, “Tell a Good Story”, “Go As Fast As You Can”…those are all strategies I can get behind! Thank you for sharing the expert secret sauce with all of us, it is my new go-to.

This book - which follows Frances’ excellent TED talk on the method - has the potential to be life-altering for leaders and organisations. It’s a method that is clear and concise and with some practise, immediately useful. I loved this book - highly recommended.

Maybe because I have read a lot of material from Frances, maybe because I have taken course they were leading while in Uber - I haven’t got much new from this book. I had feeling that it is even filled with content that can be skipped. But if it would be first book from Frances, you might feel differently. Tips and framework that is described here really works and I still have finished the book just to remind myself of it.

The advice is general to the point of being useless. It could have been reduced to less than a hundred pages. As with many "business" books, the authors seek to give novel names to the most inane and obvious concepts.List your problems. Explore solutions. Schedule the work to try and solve the problem. Don't be a jerk. There, I saved you a read.

Brilliant 5 step process for aspiring and current leaders to lead real positive change, and to do it quickly with minimum pain and maximum result. Easily consumable and highly practical, you can put the book to work for you straight away in as little time as one week. Or integrate the change process into your current business processes and go at the pace that feels right for you and your organisation. I promise if you start with one small action today, you will get where you want to go quicker than you think.

Anne and Francis manage to make us see how simple some of our problems are to solve as leaders. The book is extremely engaging and entertaining.