Up before the alarms this morning. Lisa is home, so the house is returning to its normal state (particularly for the animals).
Happy moment this morning when the CGT came up on Slacker (The Marsh).
Tying up a few loose ends on some work - I have two open projects that are effectively on hold, as other priorities have been identified. I'm torn: we're very close to at least concluding this work, so a part of me is strongly pulling to get at least a few minimal items completed, which will effectively allow us to declare success. Another part of me wants to stand firm: these are the new priorities, so we are not working on these old priorities.
Part of this is driven by a typical middle management issue: from the top, a (seemingly) clear plan and objective is communicated; we hear this at the bottom, and come to the conclusion that this is now what is important. Somewhere in the middle, however, other agendas and priorities come in. I don't question that the priorities of the middle are not important - in fact, they are a bridge to make sure all of the smaller details get filled in for the larger picture. But if they take away from the top-level priorities, we have a problem. Worse, is that we are measured for both, and if the middle priorities are not completed, we're a failure.
So, do the work, or stand firm. Either way, we at the bottom lose.
