Focusing away for a moment from career to personal life. A whole new chapter awaits for a special arrival in the New Year. Taking the challenges to new heights - not just to learn for self nor the team, but to be a father, a husband, a son, a friend, a colleague - being there … Continue reading New Year, New Challenges
5 Years & Onwards
It seems such an achievement, yet not long ago it was a mission to stay a float. The struggles were long and hard, but was well worth the shot. So you want to know exactly what it is one has been working on over the last 5 years... Here's a list of some of the … Continue reading 5 Years & Onwards
Spotting for Bottlenecks
Spotting for bottlenecks around processes and production never seem quite clear at first glance. Recognising a pattern of concerns is usually the common ground to identifying where bottlenecks appear. Sometimes it could be a single point of concern down to a multitude points of concerns. From clarification, technical know how to co-operation. Aligning clarification will … Continue reading Spotting for Bottlenecks
Recognition
It seems apparent, we're all in it together (teamwork makes the dream work). Driving behavioural change in ways that one can understand and adapt (questioning). Excluding the word I and including others (individuals, teams, departments or cross platform). Making others aware of the context and giving them credit to the situation (a sense of achievement). … Continue reading Recognition
Looking through the lens…
Looking through the lens... with detail. Observing by listening and watching to what users have to say. Seeing in action, the fast-paced environment. The vast amount of tools and systems in use just to get the job done. Trying to understand the users current knowledge of features with-in a system vs their limitation on time … Continue reading Looking through the lens…
Looking for Inspiration
Ever had a thought of just doing something totally different? Something that could just improve the current situation? Trying to reach out just for ideas? Learning something new just by word of mouth? Spending time just investigating what's new? Trialing outcomes just to see results? Be it something small to just being something much greater. … Continue reading Looking for Inspiration
Advice
How do you manage it? If in doubt, do you cross reference the advice to check if it's correct? Are you the type that will go beyond and give advice to others? Could you potentially persuade people within reasons to change their minds? Would you give a mini task that will benefit a persons understanding? … Continue reading Advice
Craftsmanship vs Continuous Production
In a line of duty, when duty calls... Quality craftsmanship is needed when many issues occur. Sometimes having to question almost everything to understand the start to end process. Usually when user stories change more often during production and the need to get more clarification. Whilst keeping on top of demand, it's urgent - meeting … Continue reading Craftsmanship vs Continuous Production
Gimmicks
As we get older, we get wiser. We tend to have less time as more responsibilities grow. In time those have to be sorted by priorities. Additional drivers causes conflicts. Those are being talented, being kind and helpful where needed. Day to day activities include solving many issues and answering many questions. Questions on the … Continue reading Gimmicks
Where’s the Transparency?
Another key element along with communication is transparency. It's great communicating information between people, but where's the transparency around it. Allow me to explain. Communication can be easily be lost in translation and also be misunderstood. It also gets harder with groups of people in meetings, leading to more complexity and become notorious for multiple … Continue reading Where’s the Transparency?
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