Is this the best use of your talents?
Tuesday, March 11, 2014 at 10:57AM I heard the phrase 'impact judgement' recently... that is, you make a judgement about the impact you're having on people, things, places, the world.
Last week, many of the technical wizards I met at a technology conference were being encouraged to measure the value of the features they're building.
In every app on your smart phone or software program on your computer or device, there are heaps of features, buttons and things that the program is capable of doing, but people simply don't use.
"Oooohhh, I didn't know it could do that."
"Pffft. Yeah, don't need it."
"I only use it for...."
It's a bit of a waste really! All that development time creating cool things that people don't need, don't know exist or don't add any significant value to what that product does.
So I wanted to get you to think about your impact this week (and beyond).
- Is this the best use of the brilliant things you do and can do?
- Are the people you're working with, hanging around with, are they getting the best out of you?
- Are you giving the best you have?
I think it's vital that we check on the value of the things we provide; to not wait until it's performance review time to find out that 70% of the 'stuff' we did this year didn't have an impact! <Ouch!> Or that the products we're working hard to design and create aren't needed or won't be purchased.
Ask yourself: 'is this the best use of my talents?'
Oh, and just as you might be wondering about the impact you are having, help out others around you by letting them know the positive impact they're having on you.
Some encouragement, feedback, responses and a 'thank you, that was brilliant' really do give us the pep up to keep creating, working, delivering and achieving a strong purpose, creating things people want, need and will use. 