What it is #1
August 5, 2018 11:17 pm Leave your thoughtsThe appraisal process should be simple. Start with … this is what I like about the way you do your work. This isn’t to puff someone up or soften them... Read more
Author Archives for Nick Shepheard
Before you build it
August 4, 2018 11:17 pm Leave your thoughtsCustomers aren’t very good at telling you what they want when they don’t already have it. Sure, they’re good at saying what they don’t like about something, how it fails,... Read more
Words might work
August 3, 2018 11:17 pm Leave your thoughtsWhen the team isn’t working, what do you do? Three options (which may turn out to be sequential): – Ignore it. Maybe the team isn’t working as well as you’d... Read more
Plan-do
August 2, 2018 11:17 pm Leave your thoughtsWe used to spend six months planning. Working out exactly what was needed, the why of the thing, then all the ways we’d sort things out. There’s be requirements specifications... Read more
Mole hills and mountains
August 1, 2018 11:17 pm Leave your thoughtsWhat seems small to you might seem huge to someone sitting on the other side of the table. What is a tactical detail to you is a strategic imperative to... Read more