8 months ago
If I receive an invite in my inbox, and I miss it, as can happen quite a bit. Nudge me after a few hours, and the invite is there. Don’t remind me 15 minutes before the meeting is about to start that I’m attending this meeting. Make my acceptance, not my tentative acceptance, mean something. Make it mean that I’m actually attending, not “auto-accepted”.
8 months ago
I’ve had a few meetings I start this way. If there is dissension in the room and we’re discussing a key problem, I’ll throw out this statement – “Are we all on the same page?” If we are not on the same page, there is no reason to move forward. Everyone needs to be on the same page, to understand the problem, the reason that you are all here, before you start getting to solutions. Otherwise, everyone is coming up with ideas that not everyone believes will solve the issue at hand. On the same page, move forward, different pages,
8 months ago
Although it feels rude, the best way to get out of invites is to use the Decline button. But, you can add a message to the Decline button as to why you can’t attend – that gives people an indication that it’s not for flippant reasons. It’s a simple process, but we struggle to use it because someone might be offended, or they might never reach out to us again, or we might be ignored because we “declined” the chance to have a say. All of these are invalid and speak more to the group culture of trust as to
8 months ago
Schoo’s back. The leaves are changing colours. It’s your last 4 to get everything done you had hoped for. Go.
8 months ago
I can’t count how many times I have finished a project, only for a new version, an upgrade, a patch, an extended release, a beta, something, anything to come out that required change. I was once told that if you don’t want your software to change often, build software for hardware. (I’m not sure if this is true, but it has stuck with me). You gotta change, you gotta realize the only constant in life is change, and you have to roll with it. What you code today is outdated the second it rolls off the line. Don’t be afraid
