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My two additions would be starting weekly one-on-ones or if you are already doing them, using them to roll out changes individually with each contributor
This allows you to individualise your approach but will also help you get to know your team better.
No one is so busy they can’t spend 30mins a week having a chat.
The manager-tools.com has good resources to help with rollout
Secondly, figure out everything you want to change and then pick three. Dont change a single extra thing until those things are done.
It’s a bit silly but in a good way.
So many hours talking customers through DNS settings on the help desk.
It’s the first personal website I’ve ever felt happy about. Every so often I’ll get inspired and write a post but I have quite a few ideas in draft.
I can’t remember what it was called, but it was next to Leisure land/Footrot Flats theme park in Te Atatu. Laserforce maybe?
It was multi-level, filled with fog and Star Trek style doors that opened when you shot them, and Jean-Michel Jarre played as a constant soundtrack. It was truely magical for a space-and-sci-fi obsessed preteen.
My friends and I only went a couple of times before it turned into paintball, which wasn’t as much fun for 11yr olds!
Subsequently Rendez-vous was one of the first records I ever bought and played over and over again on weekend mornings when my parents were still in bed.
Fourth Rendez-Vous was my favourite.
• workshops • custom illustration packs • microcoaching • online courses • ebooks • merch on Etsy • Upwork gig
I’ll be working on converting residue from time-for-money projects into products. For example, I’m turning my workshops into online courses, my illustration packs into icon bundles to sell as digital products, microcoaching as asynch videos, online courses transcribed into ebooks, and concepts from all of them into merch (coffee mugs, journals, t-shirts) with an ability to mix and match bundles
I started all of this when I got laid off. I ended up needing flexibility to take time off to help my family so can’t see getting a full time job anytime soon. I’m also done working 60-80 hour weeks for startups and can’t figure out a job that pays enough that’s low stress. So scrambling to make this work
I thought Ecky Thoomp was from Yorkshire (via the Goodies).
It was good fun and interesting, so if you have the time and interest I’d go for it.