Stated Outcomes. What do we want to achieve by the end of 15, 30, 60 minutes? “Everyone knows what everyone else is working on.” “We have a path forward to fix the problem.” “We will all understand the problem.” “Someone here will take ownership of this issue.” We don’t like stating outcomes because then it might “drive” the meeting, and that’s sometimes a bad thing when we want them to “flow”. But driven meetings can…
The simplest path to getting rid of distractions, focusing on the work you need to do, and feeling good about it afterward is right in front of you. Pick a time, start the timer and don’t stop until it beeps.
The hardest thing, whatever it is you do, is trying to find your style. Whether it’s drawing, writing, coding, biking, exercising, building, fixing, leading, coaching, or juggling (the list goes on forever and ever in anything you do). But rooted in everything you do, is your style, it’s no one else’s, it’s yours only. Not everyone will agree with it, they might think it’s weird or off, it might not line up with their style.…
No one likes the Hiccups. No one asks for the Hiccups. Getting rid of the Hiccups is an exercise in trying a variety of cures that might work for some people but not all (which further exasperates us). And eventually, they go away, and we move on, and get back to what we were doing in the first place. Truth be told, we have Hiccups every day, they just don’t make that annoying noise we’ve…
Data without Context is just that Data. The context of anything happening is what makes the data relevant. When you have context you have an understanding of your data, you know where it came from, where it originated from, and maybe where it’s going. Without context, all you have is data and that’s a dangerous thing to make decisions on.