by Dwayne Phillips It isn’t easy to admit that I lack knowledge for something that “I should know.” Most people are like me in this respect. How can I “help” without looking over their shoulder? “Maybe if you did it that way instead of this way,” said the eager, wanting-to-be-helpful person standing behind me and […]
I Hate It When Someone is Looking Over My Shoulder
December 20th, 2018 · No Comments
Tags: Communication · Competence · Consulting · Help · Humility
Multiplying Failure
September 10th, 2018 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips Sometimes we recognize our failures. Then—for some strange reason—we attempt something that will fail an order of magnitude more. We have failed to manage our $1 maintenance budget. Let’s correct this by starting a $10 development budget. We have failed to communicate in daily operations. Let’s correct this by starting a large […]
Tags: Failure · Humility · Learning · Time
But We’re Tough (not)
May 10th, 2018 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips The claim of greater “better-ness” and ensuing failure seem to associate frequently. There is an old story of programmer who coded for six hours. Then, instead of going home, the programmer coded two more hours and made enough mistakes in those two hours that it took the rest of the week to […]
Tags: Adults · Expectations · Fatigue · Humility