May 11, 2023
Back to Build Mode
Back to figuring out the hard problems. Back to banging your head against the wall. Back to having setbacks. Back to things breaking over and over again. Back to betas that blow up. Back to Build Mode.
Articles for category: Team
May 8, 2023
Why was I Invited to this Meeting?
It’s a statement we often say to ourselves as we sit in a meeting that we aren’t speaking in and aren’t contributing too. As the meeting progresses, we say it more and more to ourselves, over and over again. It’d be rude to just get up and leave and call it a day (you wouldn’t do that in person, remotely, some might notice). The key is in evaluating next time and politely decline. Meetings aren’t meant to be mandatory, they are a suggested list of who the organizer thinks needs to be there, and sometimes, like all of us, they
April 28, 2023
Getting into the Creative Zone
I can get into the coding zone. I can get into the coaching zone. I can get into the process delivery zone. But man, getting into that creative zone, especially when I’m tired, had a long day, and my mind is filled with questions – that takes work. Odd that it takes work to get into a zone where I can be creative and do something different. If your team is struggling to get into a zone, figure out what they need to get there and get it for them. We all know how successful we are in those moments
April 25, 2023
Build a Great Team and AI
Building a Great Team is about finding complementary pieces that make your group stronger than if they were alone. You don’t need 4 full-stack developers, you need two front-end, a middle, and a back-end developer – and you don’t need to full those requirements with four AIs hoping they crank out something that is amazing. Maybe not that precise mix but you get the idea, you don’t need drones, you need people, and you need perspectives and approaches that can grow your team. AI will never be a great team, it might be components, but it won’t be THE great
April 10, 2023
Be Your Team Culture
Don’t talk about it. Don’t do a post on it. Don’t evangelize it. Don’t youtube it, instagram it, snap it, tiktok it. Definitely keep it off of LinkedIn. Just be it, live it every day, and embolden your path and those around you. Remind yourself every morning what it is, and hold yourself to that standard. You won’t get as many likes, you might not get people flocking to your job portals and it probably won’t make the news but it will matter to the people it needs to matter to the most – your team, and that’s all that