Out of Office started as a physical associate with a building. You were either in the building or out of it – hence the auto-response. But now we are here, there, and everywhere and most of the time we are outside of the office. Presence engines use “Not Connected”, “Offline”, “Unavailable” or “Away” to explain when someone cannot take an instant message or call and this is shown by a variety of colors of icons as to when…
You can’t automate everything – the spark, the creative flow, the magic – that all invariably makes things work is why you are here, in the middle, to make things happen. Automation can only take you so far, but that’s when you take over to make it better. AI is a form of automation, where you take it is the value you, provide.
Sprints are a race to get work done in a smaller period of time. We’re not rushing to get work done, hopefully, we’re taking on just what we can, but the word itself is a sprint – so we are trying to get it all done. Farming on the other hand, is slow, meticulous, and planned out by pre-determined steps that take a period of time to accomplish. You can’t demonstrate farming at the end…
The Awkward Path is the one that no one wants to take because it’s awkward. It’s not easy. It’s not clear-cut. It goes against everything that we have learned. We know we will stumble and who wants to do that? The Awkward Path is strewn with frustration and unknowns, it’s final destination always unclear. But the rewards, the gains that are created once the path goes from being awkward to comfortable when you reach that…
The first task in any new project you lead is assembling the team. You need a group that will deliver, try new ideas, keep the focus on what is important, grind it out when the chips are down, work at a steady pace from beginning to end, learn new skills, and discard old ones. And above all else, you need leaders, for whatever you are doing, you won’t be able to make all the decisions…