July 20, 2024
In Need of Tune Up
Everything works better with a tuneup. When was the last time you had yours? The last time you tuned up your tools? Your team?
Articles for category: Growth
July 19, 2024
Debugging Your Team
I love debugging. Press F5 and walk step by step through everything you have just created. It’s awesome. Could you imagine debugging your life – pressing F5 and figuring out what is wrong with you? “Oh looks like you had a huge lunch and are now tired.” “Trying to do too much and need to slow down or drop something” “You’re stuck in an infinite loop because you can’t solve that problem” And on and on and on (that was fun and maybe a topic for another blog) but right now what you need to focus on is your team.
July 16, 2024
Cue the Inspirational Music
Find the music you need to get that mountain of work done. Play it on repeat for 4 – 5 hours. Lock into it with your headphones. Play it over and over again. Get it done.
July 2, 2024
The One-Week Retrofit
What would you do if you stopped doing everything you’re doing now for One week. If you took One week, to fix up your business, your team, and your personal progress. One week to not be tied to a sprint or delivery but to do the things that would push you forward. At my first company, we needed this for a week, we took an old app and spent the week repurposing it into a product. Everyone was focused on nothing but this, all other meetings were pushed out. We started on Monday 8am together and we ended on Friday
June 30, 2024
The Paused Sprint
What happens if you paused the current sprint? The current sprint that was in trouble. That was broken. That wasn’t working. That was churning and churning with nothing to show. The sprint that was filled with bugs because requirements were missed? You know the sprint. You’ve lived that sprint. Now what if you hit pause and figured out what you want to do next, turfed what wasn’t working, kept what was, fixed the team issues and moved forward? What happened if you did that all within 3 days? Would that be worth the pause? 3 Days to fix them all.