A Journey, Not a Destination

The previous sections have been a bit of a downer. You could come to the conclusion that even if you manage to get people onto your solution, it doesn’t matter. Things will go wrong, or bad tools will become entrenched. Even if you do manage get people over, you’ll just have to start over from scratch, and more problems will take their place.

That conclusion is only correct if you can’t change your mode of thinking about your workplace environment. Better isn’t a place; it’s a direction. Acceptance of your technical solution isn’t a destination; it’s a journey. Between where you are and where you want to go, there are many much better places. Focus on leaving where you are, instead of where you want to go.

So that’s ...

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