December 20, 2018
Whether it’s people, products, projects, teams or leaders. Everyone will agree we all want what’s Great. For our customers, for our team, for our delivery, for everything. But most of the time we settle for Meh because it’s cheaper and faster and those are our driving metrics. What we are forever forgetting is that the metric that takes you from Meh to Great is Quality. Which is the first to be left behind.
December 18, 2018
Software is now built around updates. No one ships a product without knowing how they will process updates to your device or desktop. When windows first started patching online, it drove everyone nuts, there were bugs to work out and they were sometimes painful. Now, updates are a fact of life. I buy a new video game the day it comes out and I install it two hours before I want to play it so it can download the latest updates. These aren’t bug fixes (well maybe some), these are features that had time to be completed while the media
December 17, 2018
The latest episode of Sniffing Markers is up. It’s an old recording with Colin and I riffing on the need for great storytelling in your presentation. There are some great links in the show notes but one that I want to throw out is this YouTube video on “How to Rock the Stage” – a great message for those of us that are shy when speaking in front of audiences the first few times.
December 14, 2018
I don’t know if we ever found out? When this show was on, I can’t remember one person ever standing up and saying that “they were the boss and no one else is”? It made for great comedy but when you’re in a meeting and have a conversation that starts going down this path. Us: We’re implementing this new idea. Them: No you’re not, we haven’t approved it. Us: Oh, we did a demo, everyone liked the approach and the answers to their questions and we received approval to go ahead. Them: They cannot give you approval only we can.
December 12, 2018
The only person you hurt when you hold back on giving your best effort is you. If the team is not up to your level, you bring them up, otherwise you are letting them down. If your intensity and commitment is different than everyone else’s, you share that with the team so they know where you are coming from. If you see problems that they don’t, bring them up to speed, don’t wait for them to figure them out. But don’t Hold Back. Don’t hold back on your own Drive and Delivery just because someone else is.Let loose
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