Weeks later, progress slows not because people aren’t working hard, but because attention is split across too many “priorities.” I kept seeing the same pattern: teams avoid prioritization not out of laziness but because it forces uncomfortable trade offs.
So I built a small tool called What Comes First. It removes scoring frameworks and debate and forces a single constraint: if only one thing can be first, what actually comes first?
This started as an internal exercise. I built it solo and used Notion heavily to stay organized and recall decisions while iterating.
Would love feedback from people who’ve dealt with priority inflation in real teams.
Link: https://www.cognu.app/what-comes-first
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