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jon_chaissonWhat talent do you have that your usual blog readers don't know about? Talk about a time when you showed it to its best advantage.
I don't often do this in real life, but at work I'm often known for seeing issues where others may not notice them. I'm hesitant to call it the overused "thinking outside of the box" (my jobs have put me off a lot of buzzwords and phrases, sadly), it's more that I'm really picky about procedures, especially if it's something that will adversely affect something. I think what happens more often than not is that I'll see my team or my managers get excited about a procedure and want to have it implemented as quickly as possible, and I'm always a bit iffy when so many people get excited about a new toy. I like to see how it works and what could go wrong, because, well...let's just say that my favorite phrase there is "the system is only as good as the person who programmed it." It's less about thinking outside the box as it is keeping the issue at hand tethered in reality. That way when it does fall apart, I know or at least can figure out why.
I don't often do this in real life, but at work I'm often known for seeing issues where others may not notice them. I'm hesitant to call it the overused "thinking outside of the box" (my jobs have put me off a lot of buzzwords and phrases, sadly), it's more that I'm really picky about procedures, especially if it's something that will adversely affect something. I think what happens more often than not is that I'll see my team or my managers get excited about a procedure and want to have it implemented as quickly as possible, and I'm always a bit iffy when so many people get excited about a new toy. I like to see how it works and what could go wrong, because, well...let's just say that my favorite phrase there is "the system is only as good as the person who programmed it." It's less about thinking outside the box as it is keeping the issue at hand tethered in reality. That way when it does fall apart, I know or at least can figure out why.
