One of the more difficult aspects of consulting is helping people change. Often the arguments "It ain't broke" or "We don't have time" come into play. In a previous post I mentioned that Visual Studio Team System won't change the way you get work done.
Unfortunately, "status quo" is the easiest thing to do. True, we are pressured with deadlines, management or marketing agreeing to deadlines before allocating the resources to complete the projects, etc., but that's why it's even more important to learn new ways to work.
We've never done it that way can no longer be an excuse. Training needs to become a higher priority. Microsoft put a lot of work into making the .NET framework do a lot of the repetative stuff for us so we could get more done--we just have to learn how to use it.
Sticking with "status quo" won't cut it. It's pithy and somewhat overused, but the saying is still true--"If you always do what you've always done, you'll always get what you always got." If you are passionate about technology, you have to be passionate about doing things different.
Guy Kawasaki mentioned in this blog entry that in Silicon Valley, sometimes it is the blind leading the blind, but always be looking for ways to improve. Do it passionately because you believe in something more than "status quo".
Go and be passionate...
Print | posted on Tuesday, August 15, 2006 1:30 PM