Let’s play pretend. Pretend there is a team of people working on a web project together. The team has reached the very end of the build and is hoping to get it launched soon. Suddenly, one sector of the team decides they don’t like the way something looks and proposes a change. Making the change might make the product look nicer but it won’t affect the way it works. Nothing is broken – it’s just not pretty. With deadlines looming, do you make the change? Continue reading
Tag Archives: teamwork
Stats
It’s a good time of year if you like football. The big bowl games and end of the NFL season provide hours of collision-based fun as well as lots of fodder for the numbers junkies who call sports talk radio every day. I guess that’s not limited to football since it’s hot stove season in baseball too. With the Hall of Fame ballots going out, statistics are thrown around like beads at Mardi Gras. There’s nothing wrong with all these numbers as we discuss sports, just as there isn’t when talking about business. But they’re far from the entire story and that’s where people get off the track. Continue reading
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Posts Of The Year – 1
Here is the post that got the most reads this year and I’m happy it did so because the topic is very personal. It was written on the passing of one of my mentors in business. The best thing to come of his passing has been the reconnecting I’ve been able to do with a number of former co-workers who took the time to write.
Lots of businesses position themselves as “a family.” I don’t need to tell you that they really aren’t but I’ve been fortunate enough to get close to that familial feeling twice. The people who reached out after Mark’s passing were part of the first time. This was published last July. Continue reading
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Consult Keith 