Comments on: I got some good advice http://www.paulworthington.com/blog/2007/12/11/i-got-some-good-advice/ Fri, 13 Jan 2012 18:22:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Mike http://www.paulworthington.com/blog/2007/12/11/i-got-some-good-advice/comment-page-1/#comment-1421 Mike Tue, 14 Jul 2009 06:43:10 +0000 http://www.paulworthington.com/blog/?p=7#comment-1421 All of that is very good advice. I especially like the idea of "Fail. Forward. Fast." Its the truth, and its the way that ideas turn into great projects, and great projects turn into failures, and failures turn into ideas, and those ideas become even better projects and then output. Interesting concept. The question - its true, but I guess its defining what your job is first. At the moment, my role (as we call these things in mouseland) is not well defined, and I am learning far more from that than if I had a specific job title with specific responsibilities. Its more that I'm there as part of a team thats re-imagining the way our business works, and its a fascinating process to be involved with. Interesting thoughts! All of that is very good advice. I especially like the idea of “Fail. Forward. Fast.” Its the truth, and its the way that ideas turn into great projects, and great projects turn into failures, and failures turn into ideas, and those ideas become even better projects and then output. Interesting concept.

The question – its true, but I guess its defining what your job is first. At the moment, my role (as we call these things in mouseland) is not well defined, and I am learning far more from that than if I had a specific job title with specific responsibilities. Its more that I’m there as part of a team thats re-imagining the way our business works, and its a fascinating process to be involved with.

Interesting thoughts!

]]> By: Amy http://www.paulworthington.com/blog/2007/12/11/i-got-some-good-advice/comment-page-1/#comment-4 Amy Thu, 07 Feb 2008 01:31:53 +0000 http://www.paulworthington.com/blog/?p=7#comment-4 I'm going to use some of these in my work -- thanks, Paul. Especially like the Tom Peters. One thing that I was told by an amazingly prolific and respected academician who I did research with all last year -- "If you can't explain what you're attempting to do as a process then you don't know what you're doing." It's pretty startling how many times assessing this one issue with my subordinates when they've hit a wall uncovers the primary problem: a failure to fundamentally understand what they are doing. I’m going to use some of these in my work — thanks, Paul. Especially like the Tom Peters.

One thing that I was told by an amazingly prolific and respected academician who I did research with all last year — “If you can’t explain what you’re attempting to do as a process then you don’t know what you’re doing.” It’s pretty startling how many times assessing this one issue with my subordinates when they’ve hit a wall uncovers the primary problem: a failure to fundamentally understand what they are doing.

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