When Everything is Important But Nothing is Getting Done

SharedPhysics addresses the common organizational dysfunction where 'everything is high priority' but 'nothing is getting done' through systematic diagnosis and prioritization. The framework involves creating a unified view of all existing work, developing clear criteria for comparing projects using urgency and impact metrics, creating a single 'stack rank' of projects, and committing to working on projects strictly in sequence. The core execution principle is 'Start with Project Number 1, Work on One Thing At a Time, In Order, Until It's Done' while removing all roadblocks for the top project, limiting work-in-progress, breaking large projects into manageable pieces, and addressing organizational constraints like cross-team dependencies. Engineering leaders will learn how to diagnose symptoms of overwhelm (too many concurrent projects, lack of prioritization, shifting focus) and implement systematic change management to create focus and execution discipline.