Jots ✎

Being up to date with the latest innovations in the field gives you an edge to come up with an uniquely innovative idea. But then, the moment you start implementing it, you start falling behind in keeping up to date with the latest innovations.

You are trading width for depth.

That's why you always have a chance to come up with something better (in evolving fields), despite the incumbents: you can go wide in the way they can't. But then, once you pick your "fight" and go more in depth, you become open to later disruption.

There is nothing wrong about this, it is how things work. I guess you do need to try to balance both, keep some of that width while going into depth. But the best bet is really going into depth so hard, winning that one so much, that newcomers can't catch up with you or you have enough resources built up to pivot effectively when needed.