March 31, 2022
But sometimes you need a tweak to make it better. And sometimes you need to ask for a second opinion when what you’re doing is getting the same results. Tweaks aren’t about throwing out everything you have done. They are about figuring out what’s missing to make it right.
March 30, 2022
Bumps in the road make us better. Seriously. We learn what to avoid (big monster potholes). How to navigate (dodging big monster potholes). And how to respond when things go wrong (when we hit the big monster potholes). The bumps and lumps we take, the setbacks, the ups, and the downs. They make us better, but only if we let them.
March 29, 2022
Agile is famous for saying – “everyone owns the system” – but that’s not true, because not everyone wants to own a delivery system. Project to project, I don’t want to lead everything, sometimes I want to come in and deliver, work through coding problems, test, and move on. I don’t need to lead the project, I simply need to do my part and take the lead from others. But in every system, what makes it work, is who does what, who runs what, who specializes in what, and what are the goals for the team. Not everyone can run
March 28, 2022
There is no quick way to create a new process – no shortcuts or missed steps to be taken. But the hardest part is having faith in the process when you don’t know where it is going to end and you don’t know what the steps are. This doesn’t mean you are kept in the dark – maybe you know the milestones and that’s as far as it goes – maybe there are sub-points that you know and those you don’t. It doesn’t mean the planners of the process haven’t mapped them out, it means they are trying to see
March 27, 2022
I think we are conditioned that big successes require big moments and ceremonies to make them be worthwhile and properly commemorate all the work that has gone into something. Maybe, but when I think of the successes I have had, the ones that mattered more than anything. I can easily say, that the quiet moments away, are when I actually got to absorb what went into that success, what mattered, and just how great it was. I think we sometimes undervalue those quiet moments.
