When times are tough, most people run for cover. They make excuses. "We've produced more tests than ever before" when the number of tests is clearly inadequate. "Lessons will be learned" as a way of sidelining a problem when it's a clear repeat of a previous issue. Putting clear blue water and legal disclaimers between the advice we give and the result of its implementation.
Externalising the problem. Watching, not doing.
Times are tough, and will continue to be. The problems are "wicked". They won't stay still and move faster than we do. no matter how hard we try, we are absolutely guaranteed to make mistakes.
Because we can't do all of it doesn't mean we can't to anything. Today, right now, we all have a job to do.
We can venture a thoughtful view that might get ridiculed, or perhaps create momentum.
We can set an idea free.
We can start something that matters. It doesn't have to be huge.
We can encourage somebody who is doing just that.
We can forego easy criticism and pay attention to the…
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