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…
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.
The only time to start cross-training your team is when your team knows what they are doing. There is no value in cross-training your team when they are learning or unsure of what to do. The other time when it’s not good to cross-train is when there is pressure to deliver. Pressure to learn is okay, but pressure to deliver never results in smart learning.
The weird thing about getting to the bottom of your work pile is figuring out what to do next. It’s great to get there, but there is always a moment when you pick up the last item and go – “huh, this is it, now what?” And that’s where most of us get stuck, because you’ve been focused on this pile for so long, tunnel visioned to what you are doing, that it’s impossible to…
You never peak. If you don’t want to. If you keep learning, you never peak at learning. If you keep running, you never peak at running. If you keep trying, you never peak at trying. There is no peak; there is just another peak to attain.