You’ve spent months discovering, designing, configuring, and testing a tool – it’s all gone according to plan, and you’re ready to launch. And then it happens. You start thinking. Over and over. Is it ready? I’m not sure. Maybe we should do more testing. What about that one scenario I just made up that…
Part 4 of 5: Continued from a Previous post There are four common areas to address when preparing to implement change in your organization: Let’s talk about the Capacity to Translate to Execution. What does a Capacity to Translate to Execution mean? From the book – A Beautiful Constraint (Source: &Strategy – adapted by…
I ran into a situation that I’m certain happens to so many remote workers. The other day, I was on my 10th straight work call of the day when my 6-year-old daughter, Esme, returned from camp. It was clear from the stomping around that she needed attention, but I had not scheduled any breaks…
Part 3 of 5: Continued from a Previous post There are four common areas to address when preparing to implement change in your Organization: Let’s talk about a Shared Vision. What does having a Shared Vision mean? From the book – A Beautiful Constraint (Source: &Strategy – adapted by Michael Hay): We need…
When implementing technology – it’s easy to forget this point: Your end users are your customers. If you treat them like your customers and thrill them, they’ll tell everyone! If you don’t – they’ll tell everyone! The above may seem obvious, but it doesn’t take more than five minutes to search the term “Failed…
Part 2 of 5: Continued from a Previous post There are four common areas to address when preparing to implement change in your organization: Let’s talk about the Pressure for Change. What does Pressure for Change mean? From the book – A Beautiful Constraint (Source: &Strategy – adapted by Michael Hay): To create…
The best part of Derek Sivers’ book is, well, Derek Sivers. That and this book is a crazy fast read. You can read it in about an hour. In Anything You Want, Derek shares stories and principles he learned from creating, growing, and ultimately deciding to sell CDBaby. There are four sections that I’d like…
Part 1 of 5 When you first commit to taking on a technological change, you’ll need to start somewhere to ensure it’s a success. In the book, A Beautiful Constraint – there is a diagram that references that may help as a starting reference. The chart helps assess whether your company is ready for change….
If you’ve ever implemented software, you’ve likely devised a few rules to follow. I mean, of course, you have. You can’t possibly aim to learn the same lesson repeatedly. However, one rule I try to follow in every implementation is easy to remember. Rule #6: Don’t be an asshole. The book “The Art of…