"Speed through a school zone"
Say this instead: rush recklessly
How "Speed through a school zone" shows up at work
A vivid metaphor for when urgency becomes its own kind of carelessness. Executives use it to slow down a room that is moving fast enough to make visible mistakes, usually shortly before those mistakes are discovered.
We can't just speed through a school zone and hope nobody gets hurt.
We can't rush this carelessly and hope nobody gets hurt.
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