Talent doesn’t matter in a team. Let me qualify that statement. Talent matters. But I’d much rather work with a friend than a talented jerk. I’d much rather work with someone who wants to collaborate, rather than someone who fights for their ideas until death. I want to work with someone I trust and who…
I had the best argument with my friend Dave Chapman this morning. He’s helping me rebrand Church Stage Design Ideas as well as a few other sites. I had a vision. I had passion. He had a vision. He had passion. And we were fighting back and forth for it. At one point, one of…
I’ve developed a new mindset when working with a team. Whenever I have an idea, I’m completely convinced it’s right. (That’s not the new part.) The new part is that I’m completely convinced I could be wrong. This is such a liberating thing. I can present the best case for my idea. I can give…
No, this is not a plea for a raise. No, my job isn’t in jeopardy and I’m not buttering him up. I really love my boss, Rob Thomas (neither the Matchbox 20 frontman nor the creator of Veronica Mars). In fact, I hope he doesn’t read this. The reason I love my boss is because…
[tentblogger-youtube l8cXdmJC_mA] It’s good to cut the haters out of your life. But what about the haters you can’t avoid. A boss, co-worker, family member?
Yesterday some of the RT Creative team sat down to brainstorm the theme for #Echo13. We had two main concepts we were kicking around. There was a ton of great conversation around the first. We were getting excited and so much good stuff came from our brainstorming. But the second was an idea I was…
When I took this new job, I went from writing 4-5 blog posts each day to writing 6-7. I went from working on two projects during the day to working on four. Am I getting stretched a little bit thin? Not really. I’m convinced people operate at about one-fifth of their actual capacity. I think we…
I absolutely love to argue my opinion. To me, that helps the best idea surface. If someone can convince of why something’s a good idea, I get on board and get excited. Unfortunately, that doesn’t go over so well when you have a boss. This is the dilemma I found myself in the other day.…
When I started Sunday| Magazine, I was trying a new advertising model. It was unproven, but I truly believed it would work. The problem was, I couldn’t really be sure it worked until I’d tried it for about a year. I’m pleased to say, a year later, my advertising model did work. I checked out my…
My least favorite part about working at a church was working with people. I’m not going to lie. If I had had my way, I would have done everything by myself – sound, lighting, video, everything. It’s not that I don’t like people. No, I love people. But it’s hard having to rely on others…