"I think we're really getting it right the last few months and hopefully we'll get better and better at it"
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A leader takes stock without triumphalism, acknowledging momentum while keeping expectations grounded. Getting it right suggests a shift from trial and error to a run of decisions that finally align craft, timing, and audience. The phrase the last few months turns success into a trend rather than a lucky break, the kind of pattern that encourages a team to trust its instincts and repeat its processes. Yet hopefully adds humility. Nothing is guaranteed; improvement is a path, not a plateau.
The emphasis on we frames progress as collaborative. It credits the system around the work: the editorial judgment, the feedback loops, the mundane but vital routines that convert intention into consistent output. Better and better implies compounding returns, where each iteration teaches something that sharpens the next. This is the logic of creative organizations and startups alike, where you test, learn, and refine rather than expect a final, finished solution.
David Talbot spent much of his career building and leading media ventures, a context where getting it right is often a moving target shaped by readers, technology, and news cycles. The language reflects that environment. You publicly mark an inflection point to energize your team and signal to outsiders that your approach is working, but you avoid declaring victory. The tone becomes a management tool: optimistic enough to motivate, cautious enough to prevent complacency.
There is also an ethic of accountability here. If you can say you are getting it right now, you are implicitly acknowledging missteps before. That admission builds credibility and conveys a learning culture. At the same time, the open-ended it keeps the focus on process over product. Whatever the specific undertaking, the promise is continual refinement. Progress is framed as a habit, not a headline, and the aim is to make improvement itself the engine of future success.
The emphasis on we frames progress as collaborative. It credits the system around the work: the editorial judgment, the feedback loops, the mundane but vital routines that convert intention into consistent output. Better and better implies compounding returns, where each iteration teaches something that sharpens the next. This is the logic of creative organizations and startups alike, where you test, learn, and refine rather than expect a final, finished solution.
David Talbot spent much of his career building and leading media ventures, a context where getting it right is often a moving target shaped by readers, technology, and news cycles. The language reflects that environment. You publicly mark an inflection point to energize your team and signal to outsiders that your approach is working, but you avoid declaring victory. The tone becomes a management tool: optimistic enough to motivate, cautious enough to prevent complacency.
There is also an ethic of accountability here. If you can say you are getting it right now, you are implicitly acknowledging missteps before. That admission builds credibility and conveys a learning culture. At the same time, the open-ended it keeps the focus on process over product. Whatever the specific undertaking, the promise is continual refinement. Progress is framed as a habit, not a headline, and the aim is to make improvement itself the engine of future success.
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