Back to the Chasm
“If we look deep into [the chasm between visionaries and pragmatists], we see four fundamental characteristics of visionaries that alienate pragmatists:”
Visionaries tend to lack “respect for the value of colleagues’ experiences. …They see themselves as smarter than their opposite numbers in competitive companies.”
Visionaries fail “to recognize the importance of existing product infrastructure.” They would rather build “systems from the ground up.”
Visionaries take “greater interest in technology than in their industry.”
Pragmatists “tend to invest their… time in industry-specific forums discussing industry-specific issues.”
Pragmatists see visionaries as “people who come in and soak up all the budget for their pet projects.”