3 months ago
Whether AI gets it right or wrong, it will do the task. This is the truth – it will do the task, it will complete the task. It will not hum and haw on it for days and weeks; it will do the task. And whether it’s right or wrong, you can plot a next path, a next course, a next direction. Think about that when ignoring or not updating your next task.
3 months ago
For many years, I read articles about Basecamp and how they have been able to lead and champion remote work through a completely distributed team. Then we all did it, and most of us failed. And now many are being forced back to the office. Being Remote is about delivering value, and if you’re not delivering value, well, you might as well come to the office so we can feel safe in the knowledge that we “hope” you’ll create some value here. Sadly, this pulls down the people who were being most effective with being remote, getting the most work
3 months ago
It always was the future. But now we’re in the transformation of that Automation, we’re in the era, we’re living through it. It’s all around us in every era of everyone’s jobs. We’re not only changing one industry, but we’re changing all of them, everything, all at once. If everyone can code, does this mean no one is needed to learn how to code or to specialize in it? Or to enjoy it? Are we all just philosophers about to shrink into some unknown niche? Or maybe, we’re seeing the exposure of new jobs and opportunities that will come our
3 months ago
Showing up at the end. Putting your best face on at the end. Having the greatest attitude at the end. Is not what is needed to get you to the end. Because in the middle, they’ve already decided that you aren’t needed for the end or what’s next. Showing up at the beginning is easy; everyone does that, but in the middle, that’s where the real work happens.
3 months ago
Here is the weather in Ottawa a few days ago. Add in the wind chill, and we’re keeping cool at -35C. The conditions aren’t great, the conditions never are, they are never perfect. But we keep working, keep showing up, keep putting in the time. Don’t let the weather or the conditions get you down.
