A couple days ago,
I talked about
how we have choices
regarding the people
we associate with.
That’s true of people.
Going forward,
it will be less true
of other inputs.
In my city,
for example,
there’s a lettuce shortage.
Lettuce is
either extremely expensive
or it isn’t available
at all.
That means choice
at grocery stores
and at restaurants
is more limited.
The classic salad
with lettuce
is temporarily not a viable option
of a meal or side dish
for the average person.
As product developers,
it is helpful
if we factor in flexibility
of certain inputs
into our designs.
Maybe we allow chefs to
swap spinach for the lettuce
in the salads
(and offer two sets of menus,
one for the lettuce-based salad
and
one for the spinach-based salad).
Build some flexibility
into your products
because shortages WILL continue.
That is a certainty.