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One change can have a ripple effect
I recently shared a story about a project I joined mid-way. The team was burning the midnight oil, grappling with a difficult client. It wasn’t until we had a pow-wow that people acknowledged the real problem: the website designs were too large. As a result, we went round after round, integrating client feedback. Both the client and the team were frustrated. You could tell everyone on our team wasn't satisfied with the work we were producing. All of this frustration started with the first website of 12. We were so far behind on one project, and many of us couldn’t fathom how we would deliver 11 more sites to this client. The consensus was that the client was being difficult. At the same time, the client was merely holding us to promises our salespeople had made. The person who booked the massive project resigned and moved on to their next venture. It left us to pick up the pieces and figure out a way to make it work. Eventually, we took a pause midway and addressed the design issue. Once we had the right size for the designs, things went a lot smoother. This one change had a ripple effect.
By the end of the big project, we were all happy with our work. The team I worked with all went on to bigger and better things. If there’s one takeaway from this experience, it’s that you often need to reevaluate tough situations, consider pausing, and ask if there’s a better way to do things. Sometimes, you have to slow down to go faster. |
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