Progress Bars in software exist only to keep us entertained while “something” happens. In many cases, they are incorrect and based on the best guess of what might be happening at a particular point in time. They are guesstimates of a calculation that looks at the work to be performed, adds in some variance for connection speed and comes up with a timed estimate for when work will be done. The best project bars keep…
An Open SLACK Channel. A OneNote shared with everyone. A Basecamp project that everyone can post to. A Google Doc that everyone fills in. A text file that everyone updates. A conference call where people jump on if they have a problem but don’t need to attend if they don’t? There are so many options available to you and your team that can solve the problem you are having with people not attending status meetings…
If you’re looking for an example of AI going rogue, you don’t have to go far, you only need to look at Apple and Goldman Sach’s recent problems with their Credit Card Scoring. And let’s not forget Microsoft’s Twitter AI Bot. Is AI bad? No. But like anything, like humans, delivering to the one, to the few, to a group, to a company is a significantly different proposition then delivering to a province, a state,…
Fast forward to 2:45 – where Ramsay says to the chef – “They more work and effort you put in, the more it hurts when it goes wrong.” – I’m paraphrasing out some of the pieces about food but the sentiment is exactly the same in anything you are doing – coding, writing, sports, whatever it is. The more you put in, the more it hurts when it goes wrong. I love this line because…
The next time you’re invited to a Pre Meeting Meeting make sure you openly ask if this is the “Pre Meeting Meeting”. For some, this will be a negative deterrent to make this meeting the only meeting that needs to happen and the other meeting is not required. At the end of this meeting, there will be cheers that the second meeting is not required and we have “received an hour back” of our time.…