March 26, 2023
I opened up Notion the other day and saw it had a new AI feature to it. So I typed in the name of a story I was going to write to see what it would come up with. It wasn’t half-bad, but it’s not what I was thinking about. It was actually way off and completely generic. I tried it again with a few more story titles and what came out was very generic as well – again it was okay. I look at AI right now and compare it to the one great kid in art class who
March 22, 2023
Yesterday was winter and today is spring. So what’s the difference? Nothing, today could still be winter, and keep going for another 4 days until it was spring. It’s a date that seemed like a good idea at the time so we stick with it. So if you’re waiting for a date to start making changes, just know, they all don’t make sense, so what you’re actually waiting for is a manufactured date that has no binding to it.
March 21, 2023
I used to work with this guy, we’ll call them Leonard (real person), many years ago. At the end of a project, Leonard had a horrific review, he thought he could skate by on past achievements and not have to put the work in. Turns out his manager thought otherwise and was let go. Leonard pleaded and pleaded and was brought back but with a reduced salary and responsibilities. Two things could have happened at this point; Leonard could have said no way, I’m out of here, I can’t believe you’re treating me like this and gone somewhere else. Leonard
March 19, 2023
It’s Gonna Work. It’s Not Gonna Work. It’s Gonna Work. It’s Not Gonna Work. It’s Gonna Work. It’s Not Gonna Work. It’s Gonna Work. It’s Not Gonna Work. You can keep having this discussion with yourself and your team, or you can just try and see how it goes.
March 17, 2023
Validation is the pat on the back that you did a good job (irrespective of whether you truly did do a good job). Feedback is the understanding that you didn’t do a good job, but now you know where to focus next time to not only do a good job but surpass what you did. Not everyone wants feedback, even when they are begging for it, they want validation because they did a lot to get there – regardless of whether it was right or wrong. The tricky part of the leader is to crave a team that wants feedback,
