1 week ago
Who do you really, truly need at that next meeting? Who do you not need? I’m sure lots of people want to be at your meeting, but do they need to be there. If they don’t need to be there, don’t invite them. We’re past the era of “they might need to hear something”, there is a new era beginning and starts with need and value.
1 month ago
You’re now a team until someone else jumps in. There are no teams of one, because it’s just you. When two people start doing things together, you have a start. When three people start talking through problems, you have a base. And when four people start moving in the same direction, you have an emergence. That’s a team.
5 months ago
It’s not an easy time to be leading teams these days. If you’re running a software team, here are some things I’d be considering; Yes, AI is here, let’s focus on what we have to do and how we can leverage it. Let’s focus on the value we create in our work. Working on legacy code? Great, there is a need for that, but our plan will be to move forward and remove it. Are there areas for automation we should investigate to help the team work better? The team works better when it is moving as one, when concerns
6 months ago
Small teams make bigger strides. It’s the problem of team development that we’ve been trying to solve for decades. I think it’s because of focus, they look at a problem, discuss options, and iterate towards a solution. They don’t care about what they don’t or what might not work; they just care about seeing if they can do it. When you get bigger, you think more about what you might impact before diving into fixing the problem. This is why AI scares many. You chat with Claude or ChatGPT, one view into solving a problem, and they just go, they
6 months ago
This is a good exercise to do with your team. Get them all into a room, or on a call and ask them one question – don’t even ask it, just write it on the board – “I want to be on a Team that…” Your job is not to interject or say anything, your job is simply to write it all down, in as much detail and clarity as possible. “I want to be on a Team that…” And when the lists are written, everywhere on the board the next question to ask them… “What is holding us back?”
