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At the end of every week, I divide the next page of my notebook into quadrants and personally retrospect: 1) What went well 2) What didn’t go well 3) What I accomplished 4) What I intended to do but let slip
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Under what I accomplished, I identify a couple things to build upon to keep the momentum going this week. Under what slipped, I identify a couple things to start this week (knowing that starting is 90% of the battle)
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This week a coworker said that since their childhood they haven’t laughed so hard as they have since joining our team. I can’t stop smiling about it. Work should be a delight!
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Graham Langdon retweeted
Trump didn't do the thing he's accused of doing, but if he did it was fine, and in fact that's exactly what he did, get over it, because it's not only fine, it's precisely what we want from a president, and can you believe that Biden did the same thing, shame on him.
A few months ago, I started reaching out to friends/colleagues I hadn’t seen in a while and inviting them out to lunch/coffee. I try to meet with one a week. It’s been incredible. If you start one new habit this year, make it this one.
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Making prototypes is easy. Getting excited reactions to pretty mockups is easy. Getting real value into customers hands isn’t easy. Designers need to be champions of dev traction if they want to stay relevant after they’ve built a backlog of pretty concepts
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As a designer/maker, if you have to carefully track billable hours through the day, your whole brain can never get fully engaged on designing/making. Some fraction will always be minding the clock, and you’ll never do your best work. Dont handicap your craft.
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Graham Langdon retweeted
True agility comes from empowering your teams to make decisions. This boils down to trust. Does leadership trust the teams to make decisions?
As a leader struggling with team trust, ask yourself "How long will I have to live with that decision?"
1 week? 2? Trust your teams.
Luke 2, adapted to have it's 1st century impact:
Walmart employees were stocking shelves at 2am, when suddenly reality ripped apart & a shining divine messenger appeared saying: “Don’t freak out! God’s chosen you to be the first to hear the news that will rock the whole world!
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"At this very moment, the legendary promised one who will rescue the world has been born! Go find him! You’ll know it’s him because he’ll be in a parking deck stairwell, wrapped up in a hoodie, on a pile of newspapers.”
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Long ago, news came to night-shift shepherds, an obscure girl named Mary, & foreign astrologers, announcing a king who will finally bring peace to earth. He will lift up the poor & obscure & bring down the arrogant. Let us seek to be his subjects, bringers of peace. Merry Xmas!
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If you can count on one hand the number of times leadership has praised or thanked you in front of the team this quarter, get out. Leadership is either too negative or too stressed to praise, or they’re unconcerned with discovering what makes you thrive.
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In a recent retrospective I was surprised to hear how much a backend developer appreciated having my UI mockups to reference when building an API. Good reminder that the WHOLE team benefits when we tell the story well- using words, pictures, & activities!
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“We could develop an mvp in 8wks”
Awesome. Could we ship an internal-use alpha in 2wks? Could we ship an alpha to select customers in 4wks? Could we release a beta to all customers in 6wks?
Finding creative ways to ship earlier is easily in the top 3 most valuable design skills.
Something scary you can do in your hotel room is flip through the cable tv channels and realize millions of Americans watch this garbage every day on purpose
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Graham Langdon retweeted
This is how surveys should be ➡️ onesharedhouse2030.com/
I love the content & design. Made by @antonandirene and @space10_journal . THX @holaconfetti for share it with me
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