January 5, 2017
A 5-minute owning up to the problem and what you should have done is much more productive than a 35-minute debate on what you did do in an attempt to prevent what went wrong. The former gets the ball rolling towards a solution, both parties focussed on moving forward, together. The latter stalls the solution process, strengthening walls, instead of breaking them down.
January 4, 2017
Still playing Angry Birds? From download to install to getting up and running how much time are you looking at? 5 minutes? Maybe 10 if you include the little piggy backstory? That’s an intuitive application – simplistic yet intuitive. Take an application you are working on right now – how much effort are you spending in educating the user on where to click, where to start, how to navigate, what to do and finally what the goal is? If you find yourself doing this a lot, chances are you’re working on an application that is largely unintuitive with a potential
January 3, 2017
I wrote a post a little while ago regarding how a team culture is not built but is created and thought I’d expand on this topic here by delving into what is really needed to create a great team culture. Understanding the Foundations of a Great Team Culture
January 2, 2017
I’ve been doing the odd blog here and there on LinkedIn that I’ll update to my online articles shortly. Generally I haven’t shared them out via this blog because they are more technical in nature but I wrote one last week that has been rattling in my head for the last 2 months on defining our own value proposition and understanding how that fits into your team and organization as a whole, where the alignment needs to be and what you need to understand to move forward. Coming up with a title was a little tricky but here it is.
December 30, 2016
Something to think about on this last blog of 2017. Where do you want to go next year? How will you get there? What goals do you hope to achieve? Who do you need to help you get there? When will you achieve these goals? Answer the questions, write them down, print them out, put them over your workstation, your reading room, your bed, your nightstand, your car, etc, etc. But make them happen and don’t forget when times get tough, where it is you want to go.
