The key to a good tweak is simple, do it at the right time and don’t blow up what exists. Switching tires that you have a hunch might do better on the last lap – good tweak. Wanting to replace the engine on the last lap – bad tweak. The key is doing it at the right time and not putting yourself into such a hole that you can’t recover if it doesn’t work it…
Fixing bugs isn’t the problem. Figuring out how they occur, now that’s the problem. That’s where we get hung up and where we spend the bulk of our time. That’s where we grind the gears trying to figure out what we are doing and what the next should be. And though this is the hardest of steps, it’s the most rewarding, we learn the most from them. If someone just gave us the answer and…
Growth doesn’t happen all at once, in one day, or when you go to sleep. It happens when you show up each and every day and chip away at what it is you are trying to succeed at. It happens because you’re not willing to give up and keep going back to the desk, the computer, the notebook and make it happen. But it starts with realizing that you can’t cram it in to a…
You have an idea. You have a direction. You can see the path. But it means nothing if you don’t execute it. If you can’t take the team end to end. If all you are going to do is talk about the promised land, all they are going to do is hear about it and they need much more than that from you. They need the work, they need the structure, the content, the information.…
There is no “best way” to do Standups. I’ve done them at various different companies, all in different ways, some have been great, some not so great, some downright painful. What matters is you don’t give up, you recognize that each team is different and you move forward. Here are some thoughts on the subject via Remotely Prepared.