I was troubleshooting an issue today, trying to figure out why an automated build wasn’t working. It turns out I had to toggle a configuration value and then from there remove some steps. I found the answer on a random StackOverflow post where someone had a similar issue. This after 2 hours of trying different scenarios and pulling (what’s left) of my hair out trying to get there. The Hidden Configurations and back-end combinations of…
Systems get a bad rap when all we follow is the system – do it this way or else. A collection of systems (and the freedom to add more) creates a toolbox where it’s left up to the user to decide which system they should use and when. This ensures creativity and growth are still being applied in implementing and developing new systems BUT also that what has been proven to work is still being…
Take everything off, decline everything. Whoever comes back asking for you to be at the meeting, add those ones back in. Everything else leave out.
How is the New Year? Hitting every goal? Reaching every peak? Go easy, you’re only 26 Days in, stay the course, and keep on achieving your goal correctly and not by an indeterminate amount of time.
Is it 4 days a week? Does everyone have to follow it? Can you opt-out (or in)? What happens when things go sideways? Do you have the technology to support it? How do you make it work? Have you asked yourself any of these questions or more? It’s probably the first place you want to start before dictating.