← The Art of Ruthless Execution

What's been added, changed, and removed in The Art of Ruthless Execution, version by version.

• v1.0 Published: Aug 13, 26

  Initial published version.
• v1.1 Published: Aug 13, 26

  Wording revisions across 17 chapters.

  Changed

  Chapter 1: Kill the Backlog

  • → Added three new closing paragraphs on why busywork persists and how to end it
  • → Tightened the opening paragraph's tense and phrasing

  Chapter 2: Ship the Embarrassing Version

  • → Reworded for tighter phrasing throughout
  • → Added a closing anecdote on being copied after shipping

  Chapter 3: Lost Sheep

  • → Minor wording tweak ("brick after brick" to "brick by brick")

  Chapter 4: Imperfection

  • → Tightened wording throughout
  • → Expanded the closing line into a fuller call-to-action (courage, boldness, humility, ruthlessness, patience)

  Chapter 5: Building a Culture of Results

  • → Tightened wording in the opening and closing paragraphs

  Chapter 6: Not Family

  • → Reworded throughout for a sharper tone
  • → Sharpened the "we are a family" critique

  Chapter 7: Task Flow and Collaboration

  • → Minor wording fixes

  Chapter 8: Ruthless Reviews

  • → Minor wording fix

  Chapter 9: The Art of Experimentation

  • → Minor wording fix

  Chapter 10: It Works, Then Becomes Beautiful

  • → Reworked the aesthetics-vs-function argument
  • → Replaced the bullet-point improvement list with prose
  • → Added a new closing section on CI/CD and Toyota's "Kaizen"

  Chapter 11: The Future of Work

  • → Retitled from "The Future of Project Management" to "The Future of Work"
  • → Broadened scope from project managers to a general "anomaly" worker archetype
  • → Rewrote the opening with a decades-of-disruption framing

  Chapter 12: Demand More

  • → Reworded throughout, shifted from direct address to a more universal voice
  • → Bolded the key "demand" headings (better teammates, environment, ownership)

  Chapter 19: Everything is a Box

  • → Minor wording tweaks

  Chapter 20: Nothing Changes if Nothing Changes

  • → Tightened wording and merged two sentences

  Chapter 22: Output Over Effort

  • → Minor casing and wording fixes

  Chapter 88: Motion

  • → Minor wording fix ("can literally not lose" to "can not lose")