Category: Productivity
This is about being effective with your time and being focused on the right things to do each day or at each stage.
It could overlap with PM when we talk about your time on a project.
Do you think about employees in a broken way?
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This month we’ve talked about investing in your employees. From dealing with employee failure to how you reward them, how your best people may be hindering innovation in your company and mentoring the people you have working for you or getting them mentored by their peers. If that seems like a lot of work, you’re
A Scary $100K Mistake on Your First Day
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I’ve got a friend who, on the first day of his new job, cost his company $100,000. He worked for an airplane refitting company and the story goes that he was told to compact some garbage. As he gathered garbage for compacting, one box in the refuse seemed odd to him so he asked someone
Staying in shape as a desk jockey
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After the great discussion on family first on WP Tavern, along with Cory Miller talking openly about mental health I decided it’s time to write about how fitness and my work as a developer/business owner/desk jockey meld in my life. Exercise and Mental Health Did you know that exercising can help you feel happier? Not
Giving freedom to employees
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Have you ever been disappointed by an employee? Don’t have employees? How about a friend or spouse — have they disappointed you? Has an employee, or a helper, said they’d do something for you but then just not done it the right way? Yup, that’s totally frustrating, but in spite of your expectations, you should
Habit or Inspiration?
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Is it better to work by habit or by inspiration? Notice I didn’t ask which approach sounds like more fun, because then the answer would be obvious — working when you’re inspired is the answer if you’re looking for ‘fun’. I’m not looking for fun though, and if you want to run a solid, long-lasting
Pacing your time off
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As I sit here late at night after a five-day canoe trip I’m reminded of a whitewater kayaking trip I took to Mexico years ago. Yes, the paddling was awesome, and we went off about 50 waterfalls in eight days (45 of them on one river) but what I’m reminded of right now is the
‘Backstabbing’ and the CC rule
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I’ve talked before about how toxic gossip is to your organization. You just shouldn’t let it into your organization at all. It’s poison that will kill your teams. While reading Work Rules! (Amazon.ca) I came across this great approach, used by Google, for dealing with employees who complain or gossip about other employees. The way
A 4-year-old at the aquarium
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A while ago my family went to the Vancouver Aquarium and a good time was had by all — even our 1-year-old, who loved the sea otters and the tanks of huge jellyfish. The only frustrating part for the adults was the way my 4-year-old wanted to see everything, which mostly involved running up to
My Essential Analogue Tools
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As computer workers, of course many of our tools are digital. We look at digital task lists and project management systems. We put all our notes in a digital file cabinet. We often eschew pens and paper because they just aren’t cool and new enough. We don’t evaluate their true efficacy in our lives because
If more people know me I have more impact..right?
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Are you making an impact? Is the work you do, or the content you produce, or the life you live impacting others in a net positive way? That is the thing we’re all striving for isn’t it? A life that has meaning, one that changes the world. The difference for many of us is how
