First, I’ll note that even taking the time to write these short ‘note to self’ type blog posts each week takes time and is harder to do than I expected. Like so many priorities, the long term important things often battle with the short term urgent things. And that’s in a culture where working open is more than just acceptable, it’s encouraged.
Anyway, I have some time this morning sitting in an airport to write this, and I have some time on a plane to catch up on some other reading and writing that hasn’t made it to the top of the todo list for a few weeks. I may even get to post a blog post or two in the near future.
This week, I have face-to-face time with lots of colleagues in Toronto. Which means a combination of planning, meetings, running some training sessions, and working on tasks where timezone parity is helpful. It’s also the design team work week, and though I’m too far gone from design work to contribute anything pretty, I’m looking forward to seeing their work and getting glimpses of the future Webmaker product. Most importantly maybe, for a week like this, I expect unexpected opportunities to arise.
One of my objectives this week is working with Ops to decide where my time is best spent this year to have the most impact, and to set my goals for the year. That will get closer to a metrics strategy this year to improve on last years ‘reactive’ style of work.
If you’re following along for the exciting stories of my shed>to>office upgrades. I don’t have much to show today, but I’m building a new desk next and insulation is my new favourite thing. This photo shows the visible difference in heat loss after fitting my first square of insulation material to the roof.
