What’s wrong with business?
So, the way music is framed is about art, enjoy, amusement, etc. And the way business is framed: profit product growth brand etc. The thing is, none of those are about the customer. Your customers don’t buy because of what your product, your biz or you do (or even why you do it, depending of the need). They buy from you because you solve something for them. And they don’t care how. If they could achieve that very same thing with a AAA battery, a 5-minute writing process, or a complex…
Accountability
If leadership is not 100% accountable, it’s not leadership. It can be anything else but. It takes you to own the flaws, mistakes, failures and successes. Not only to yourself though, but with the people you work with (employees, partners, customers, etc.). “Leadership is about how to create more leaders; not attract more followers.” —David Marquet.
What’s wrong with me?
Sorry, everybody. Third is a charm: https://www.tiktok.com/@oneminutebass/video/7298332506716146977?is_from_webapp=1&web_id=7327430302627677728
A little snafu
On yday’s message the link in “Music is ____” was hidden and not clear (but clever(?)) So here it is to have more context, and clear up the message. 🙂 Now you can click in the picture and you’ll follow the link. 🙂
Music and business
Can we think of business as music? Here’s what I mean: “Fill in the blank. Music is ______.” Now your turn. Business is ______.
I need your help on this one
Have you ever thought of getting to learn an instrument? As an adult now, or even when you were a kid. (Bonus points if you thought of it for a kid of your own or in your closed ones). And if you did, but quite didn’t get to it, mind sharing with me what stopped you from it? I’m participating on a workshop and those insights from you would give me a HUGE hand on what I’m trying to learn here. 🙂 [Not music, btw]. Thanks a ton for reading. And looking forward to hearing back from you. 🙂
Helping by saying No.
Author, data architect and fellow daily emailer, Andrew Jones, wrote back to “The thing about scope creep” with an awesome insight (bolding mine): “I’d add another one: saying no.I often say that saying no is the most important skill I’ve learned in my career.I always wanted to say ‘yes’, because I wanted to help people, and it was just easier!But I’d end up over promising and under delivering, or be prevented for saying yes to things that mattered more because I’d already promised too much.”…
The thing about scope creep
The problem is not scope creep, it’s not knowing how to: 1) limit scope. 2) get fine with good enough. 3) identify the right scope and timeline properly. When you lose sight of it, you get stuck in the trenches. A way to avoid this: be ruthless in what is important and what’s not.
Slow in the weeds
Collaboration is about getting into the weeds, about messiness. While speed and efficiencies do help, getting faster to the wrong goal or executing flawlessly the wrong thing won’t move the needle. Discussions, sometimes, feel like they get you stuck in the weeds. That it brings friction. And we try to avoid friction. Here’s the thing, though. Without discussions, there are no compromises and it becomes an easy way out when things are meh. It becomes easier to point fingers at. It becomes a…
Focus on Speed + Good Enough
This way you’ll get quickly to the goal. HOWEVER… Getting quick and good enough to the wrong goal is worse than slow towards the right thing. Like the player here ???? The player here did score, with efficiency, mastery and intent. Just at the wrong thing. It’s not about speed, good enough delivery or “avoiding perfect”. It’s about seeing where to go and choosing the right direction. That beats efficiency for the sake of efficiency. Because you’ve seen times over and over wrong things executed…