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…
You used to be able to walk past a meeting room, stick your foot through the door, poke your head in, and go – “Hey what’s shaking? Can I help out here?” Not so anymore, now you don’t know what calls are going on where, only the ones in your purview, only the ones that affect you. If you’re new to the company, there are big, global, wide-open channels you now need to take the…
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…
Even though our knees are designed to bend, we are often reminded to bend them. Get lower, extend your center of gravity, become more balanced, be prepared to fall. Everyone’s shaking their heads in agreement – yup, that makes sense. But how often do we do it? Not enough. Because getting there consistently, requires constant practice, constant reminders, and constant focus. But it’s an easy thing to do.
We add pinches of ingredients to recipes, not the entire container. If the taste is still off, we add a little more. Little tweaks are the changes we make that improve what we are doing. They are a great way to make a minuscule improvement that could have a great impact on what you are doing. Only if you’re brave enough to do them. There is comfort in what we have always done, and that…