Nothing Wrong with Asking for Help In fact, its the one thing we are the most absolute worst at. We have all these preconceived notions of what might happen if we ask for help, what we might look like, what might go wrong that we forget the whole reason we are debating asking for help in the first place. Because we need it. Share this:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share...
Do it because you need it to make your product better. Do it because makes logical sense. Do it because it’s useful. Shiny objects aren’t going anywhere, we’ll always be kids in a candy store picking out the next best thing. Share this:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)Click to...
We can iterate, nimble, agile, push, ship daily and continuously improve as much as we want, but if the team isn’t catching up you’re doing more harm than good. This doesn’t mean you give up, this means you find the breaking points, you find what is holding people back and you zone in on them. Doing the basic math, if they are stuck on Step 1, then you know they are going to be...
Always Lead to Win Always Play to Win. Always Code to Win. Always Bake to Win. Always Ship to Win. Always Wake up to Win. Always Debate to Win. Always Knit to Win. Always Create to Win. Always Check-In to Win. Always Compile to Win. If your whole purpose is to win, in everything you do, how will you focus on growth? What does you being first to complete your code, leaving the team behind do for...
People. A room of people all engaged, all sharing the workload, all working towards a common goal. A team of people that don’t care what their roles are, only what has to get done. A group of people that are less concerned with individual skillsets but more concerned by what they can do if they all pitch in. We all know it, but we often forget just how we really get there (and how we do it...