Ambition rest aren't enemies. Neither are productivity and margin.

They get pitted against each other because we've confused activity with effectiveness.

A team running flat out at 110% isn't more ambitious than a team running at 80% with focus and margin. It's usually just more stressed and tired.

Sometimes the most ambitious thing you can do is protect the conditions that make your best work possible.

If you protect focus and margin, ambition will be a natural byproduct.