Speed’s Tariff on Efficiency

In a culture that treats velocity as a proxy for competence, speed is a seductive decoy. It feels powerful, signals decisiveness, and soothes anxiety, yet it quietly accrues “decision debt” that erodes long-term efficiency. Ni’coel and Chelsea dissect one of modernity’s stickiest conflations: equating moving fast with moving well.

The episode dismantles the reflexive “faster-is-better” mindset and replaces it with a nuanced palette: speed as one tool among many, wielded consciously, contextually, and in service of outcomes that endure.

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🔸Cohost: Chelsea Makena’s work spans leadership development, enablement, engagement, and performance. She partners with founders and tech executives to build humane, high-performance systems. As one of CHDI’s earliest collaborators, she brings a grounded people lens that elevates our conversations on human systems.