You might be talking a lot these days. Your calendar might be completely blue. And you might be having great discussions. But two weeks later you might also be wondering why nothing is changing and why what you thought were the actions never happened. It could be because you are not structuring your conversations around outcomes you want to see. Outcomes are bigger then agenda items, they are what you need to see happen next,…
When you can’t go anywhere on vacation, everyone knows where you are. The pull to log in “just once” and check your email. Or respond to that quick SLACK message that shows up on your phone. Or give out your personal cell for people to reach out to you in a pinch. If you choose not to respond, you’re wracked with guilt over letting your team down at a time when you were supposed to…
I signed up for a conference that was a few weeks ago. It was a one day event, only a few hours. I really to wanted to go to it to see what I could get out of it. It’s the third one I’ve missed since being remote was supposed to make going to virtual conferences that much easier. When I was “at” a conference, I could leave the laptop at the hotel, come back…
This popped up in my YouTube view today. Apart from Kelly kissing Darryl, this seems very much like life these days as we are all remote. Not wanting to do another Powerpoint presentation.Working multiple gigs to get by.Updates are always required. And yes, sometimes you have to wing it. And sometimes its good to have a laugh to get your meetings going.
We all know about problems. There are too many that exist right now to not know about problems that governments, companies and people are trying to solve. But do we understand the problem? Do we understand and appreciate all the intricacies and minutia that go into the problem? Do we grasp the context that is forming the problem and the data that is outlining what it is and what must be done to resolve it?…