May 26, 2026 · 35 min · 9 segments
**What You’ll Learn in This Episode:** In this episode, Patrick Adams welcomes back Beth Carrington to explore the difference between simply executing action plans and developing true scientific…
Beth CarringtonGuest
Patrick AdamsHost
I want to ask you, what is the fundamental difference between executing on action plans and running experiments?
Don't get me wrong, there's a time and a place for an action plan, right? But what I tend to see is people get locked into that action plan as if we know already the path we're going to take and how the implementation will go.
And what I tend to see is people's focus shifts from what I'm striving to achieve to the task in front of me.
And the goal becomes get a smiley face on the action plan, you know, get that task done, when in fact they forget about the future state they're trying to create.
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I want to ask you, what is the fundamental difference between executing on action plans and running experiments?
Don't get me wrong, there's a time and a place for an action plan, right? But what I tend to see is people get locked into that action plan as if we know already the path we're going to take and how the implementation will go.
And what I tend to see is people's focus shifts from what I'm striving to achieve to the task in front of me.
And the goal becomes get a smiley face on the action plan, you know, get that task done, when in fact they forget about the future state they're trying to create.
