What's a strategy?
You have a mission. A big hairy goal that is out to rid an evil. You know who you are saving…
Why It Doesn't Work Anymore
I am reminded from time to time that things are different. We don’t do things like we used to. We expect different things than we used to…
Teeny Tiny Micro Managers
Thinking more about empowerment and autonomy inspired by a couple of books I just finished - Clockwork: Design Your Business to Run Itself, Mike Michalowicz and The Manager's Path: A Guide for Tech Leaders Navigating Growth and Change, Fournier, I have learned / added to what I believe ...…
If You Can't Learn From It, Why Bother Doing It
Assuming you are moving forward into new territory. Pushing beyond your boundaries. Working in ways to improve what you do, what your team does and what your company does, when your work has those challenges you need to divide the work in half…
Do One Thing At a Time - Unless You’re a Leader
Always do one thing at a time. Multi-tasking is unproductive and a myth. Always know what problem you need to solve and once solved, what measure of success you evaluate your solution by…
Pivot
Pivot isn’t just a cool sexy term reserved for startups to describe how their colossal screw up had to be abandoned and restarted. Every situation that isn’t working is an opportunity to take the lessons learned and do something else. I wouldn’t describe it as a cool move that should ...…
Don't See What Sticks
Begin with the end in mind. Know exactly what needs to be done, and in what order, to get there. Start at the beginning, make small steps that can be measured as you go…
Do you know what you are doing?
Do you know why you are in business? Do you know what your business does? Do you know who you do business with? What’s the job that you think you do and that you think others hire you to do? Who do you think really values what you do? Who are the people that are willing to pay you to do...…