Towards chaos
It’s much more likely to be cock-up than conspiracy. Most groups aren’t set up to conspire, and most groups are absolutely set up to make a mess. In fact, almost all...
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Fail at everything
It’s never just this thing. When there’s a problem, we dive in and sort the problem, and if we’re smart and have five spare minutes, we try to work out how...
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About measuring
What they say about measuring and managing is right. You get exactly what you ask for. Kinda. When you ask your team to be productive, and you measure productivity on lines...
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There’s always a lot to do. By the time you’ve done everything that’s expected it’s likely that there’s next to no time left to do high value discretionary work. Those transformational,...
Don’t get mired
There’s a special quality that helps set apart the leaders on your team. They’re the ones who can understand and appreciate the detail, but who don’t get mired in it.
Sure, they...
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