Kindle Notes & Highlights
No one knows what you do or what value you add
she calls this a listening tour.60 Ask them to show you, not tell you, what they make. By having them show you their work and how it appears to users, you will be in a visual medium, a strength for you. Be curious, take notes. Ask where they think they need design help. Who is friendly to you? Who welcomes your input? What is the smallest unit of success you can create? When someone makes a unit of work better because of you, that’s what you want to present about. When your team talks about your impact in positive terms when you’re not around, the landscape is changing in your favor.
“What is important enough that it gets time and how is that prioritized?”
Often, “big meetings” are just theater, and the real decision was made in some back room the day before.
“Inspiration is for amateurs. The rest of us just show up and get to work.”
As the amount of power in the room rises, often the amount of dysfunction rises too.
Consider this: who is going to fight to protect their workplace power as if their life depends on it? The people who have no other life.
