December 17, 2024
If it’s not organized, organize it. If the current code doesn’t work, fix it. If the words don’t fit, rewrite them. If the team is suffering, get them together, and figure it out. If you see the problem, jump in. You don’t have to have all the answers or the final solution. You do have to be willing to take that first leap to make the change happen. Otherwise, sit, complain, stew, grumble, sulk – resolve yourself to do that instead (but you can do better).
December 16, 2024
You don’t just start trusting each other. It’s not something that happens on the first, second, thirtieth, or seven thousandth day. It just happens. It happens when the team has put in the daily bits to make it happen. It happens when the team has put in the effort to get there. It happens when the team has committed to the result, irrespective of the costs. Don’t force it, guide it, support it, then it will happen.
December 14, 2024
Tools are great for making tasks you know and understand go faster. I.e., I know how to use a screwdriver, a drill is much faster, and the purpose of the drill is to make holes and screw in screws faster. I know the problem, I have the solution. However, if you are buying a tool that you “think” will solve a problem, but doesn’t really and adds a lot of overhead to what you are doing – it’s not going to help you. In our simplistic example above, I could buy a hammer drill (not great for screwing things in,
December 6, 2024
I’ve been spending a lot of time the last little while, learning perspective in drawing. First off, it’s a crazy number of lines. I mean, there are lines everywhere and you wonder how anything you create is going to turn out. But then, once you’ve designed the grid, laid it out, put it together, and start adding your own components on top of it. Then the value of all those little lines comes together and becomes something. All that work to establish the layout, to understand what each position does – it’s truly amazing. And then you’ve finished creating your
November 29, 2024
Everyone brings the same thing to their teams. Skills, Attitude, and Effort. Skills – whatever your job is. Attitude – how you treat people and act when things go wrong. Effort – how much you put into the team. The best teams I have worked with excelled in attitude, energy, and skill. It doesn’t mean there is a great disparity between all three, what it does mean is that the group knows where their focus needs to be – how they treat and work with each other, how they operate (always complaining vs trying to work through problems) and what
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