If you are joining a new team, one of the first things you should do is learn the goals of the team. If there is nothing, start by figuring out how you can create goals that are ambitious and can gather people around them as much as possible. OKRs are a nice method, but it's hard to use them in the beginning....
Specifying goals instead of methods creates confidence. When people try to focus on implementing methods to achieve a goal, they get stuck and forget the goal. Their focus only stays on the method implementation. When they focus on goals, they apply the methods better and can even figure out a superior approach as...
Writing up evaluations of 1, 3, and 5 years later and thinking ahead clears the mind and creates achievable goals. At the same time, these goals need to be measurable. We can't say "improve test results" as a goal. We need to define how much we want to improve. Is it 30% or 50%? And these goals have to be aligned...
Does this work with tasks at work, too? When people say that they don't have motivation, do they actually mean they need more clarity? Having a clear picture and unambiguous situations are more desirable at work. We look for more structure and clarity at work. Related Note(s): A strategy to find clarity yourself,...
Strong product teams solve problems instead of focusing on delivering a product or a feature (a.k.a. output). Strong product leaders define the strategy and identify the problems for these teams. The strategy serves customers (not businesses) but works for the company. Source(s): Empowered by Marty Cagan & Chris...
Being a consistent writer is one of the underrated and underestimated skills. If the writing and publishing are not in a rhythm, the success is very low. Most blog authors fail, not because they are bad at writing but because they are not constantly writing and publishing. "Most blogs fail because blogging is an...
“You get what you repeat.” — Atomic Habits by James Clear Big-win moments are the results of previous actions. These previous actions can build up for a long time. Related Note(s): 24c: People need clarity, not motivation; Source(s): Atomic Habits by James Clear Reply via email | Reply via Mastodon | Comment
When we fail to form a new habit or get rid of a bad one, we focus on having motivation. But, what we need is clarity on the time and location of the habit. When we have vague dreams, it is easy to rationalize small excuses not to follow the change. Making the actions more obvious helps to take conscious actions in...
Don't slip away from your writing habit twice. It's better to do it every time, even if you can't make it perfect or as much as you want. Just writing a small piece is better than not writing at all. Don't fall into an all-or-nothing cycle. Do something small rather than fully neglecting it. Source(s): Atomic Habits...
Committing to something is perceived as limiting your options, limiting your freedom of choice. But committing brings freedom. Freedom from things that don't matter. When there are many options for the same thing, we get stressed and cannot decide. Especially in the digital age, we are bombarded with different...
Whenever we delay deploying minor fixes of software (changes in small batches), the repair cost also escalates. The minor work becomes major and requires more work every moment we delay. The increase in effort and expense is non-linear. When the batch size becomes larger, people start multitasking in deployments...
In large batch-size deployments, people become disconnected from the changes they made. Because there is a time gap between changes and deployments, they forget what they have fixed. And this might create new problems because if something goes wrong, they will not be able to fix that. Psychological safety gets...
