“The person you sit next to could become a sounding board for product ideas” -- Entrepreneur
I recently came across this article - 10 Workplace Trends to Watch in 2012 - and after reading it (and loving all the points!) I picked up on one line. The line above. How true...the person you sit next to really COULD become a sounding board for product ideas. But not *just* product ideas...ALL ideas.
At Testing Circle, we promote a strong knowledge pool amongst and within everyone. Not just the Sales team, the Marketing Team, the Testers etc...but with EVERYONE. For example, if we are Recruiting for a Test role; why not ask the Testers for their help? There is never such a thing as ‘too much knowledge’. If everyone in the company helped each other out, spoke to their neighbours or asked people’s opinions then the knowledge pool would grow and everyone would have a better idea of people’s roles and workload.
So here’s an idea...over the next week, why not have lunch with someone who isn’t in your team. Be more ‘agile’ whether you’re in IT or not. Adopt the principles of Agile; have scrum meetings, have daily stand-ups - keep the lines of communication well and truly open! If you try it and it doesn’t work, then fair enough. However, if you try it and it does then not only have you got to know some other people in the office, but you now have a fresh pair of eyes and ears every time you have a new idea.
Change ‘JUST ONE THING’ and see if you notice the difference.
I recently came across this article - 10 Workplace Trends to Watch in 2012 - and after reading it (and loving all the points!) I picked up on one line. The line above. How true...the person you sit next to really COULD become a sounding board for product ideas. But not *just* product ideas...ALL ideas.
At Testing Circle, we promote a strong knowledge pool amongst and within everyone. Not just the Sales team, the Marketing Team, the Testers etc...but with EVERYONE. For example, if we are Recruiting for a Test role; why not ask the Testers for their help? There is never such a thing as ‘too much knowledge’. If everyone in the company helped each other out, spoke to their neighbours or asked people’s opinions then the knowledge pool would grow and everyone would have a better idea of people’s roles and workload.
So here’s an idea...over the next week, why not have lunch with someone who isn’t in your team. Be more ‘agile’ whether you’re in IT or not. Adopt the principles of Agile; have scrum meetings, have daily stand-ups - keep the lines of communication well and truly open! If you try it and it doesn’t work, then fair enough. However, if you try it and it does then not only have you got to know some other people in the office, but you now have a fresh pair of eyes and ears every time you have a new idea.
Change ‘JUST ONE THING’ and see if you notice the difference.
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