… and the value of nothing. I’m focusing more time evaluating time investments moment-by-moment; critically considering these costs against the value they yield. In my recent past in managing a team and working within an org, I was regularly staggered by the amount of time spent in meetings and discussions around our goals and not much work towards the actual goal of completing our work. Here’s my math for an org that has this toxic meeting approach:...
Drones
Markham’s first flights This past weekend I spent some time getting my six year old trained up on drone flight. Scary flght home! My son did quite well and was very excited about flying solo. About twenty minutes after his first flight he took off again and had an issue. A storm had blown in and the winds were pretty high and a rain storm came up on us quickly. The return to home (RTH) altitude somehow got changed to 995'....
Escaping crappy meeting culture
“Walk out of a meeting or drop off a call as soon as it is obvious you aren’t adding value. It is not rude to leave, it is rude to make someone stay and waste their time.” – Elon When you join a new company or organization you quickly learn that many things are not as advertised in the corporate handbook. You will discover in your day-to-day interactions with your leadership and your peers that things are often broken....