“The name of the game is speed,” Lodi would always say… … right in the middle of stopping us in the middle of the task because he saw something he doesn’t recognize on our screens. “We have to stop having verbal discussions and let the file do the talking,” is another favorite of his… … but all throughout the day, all throughout the week, he would always call for face-to-face verbal discussions with the file…
For every little step: Report/update Lodi. His requirement. So sure, as to be expected, he told me to update him before he ran off to one of his meetings. I resume working on the task. For this step, I need to upload a spreadsheet file to a site. He has already signed off on the file without actually checking it. His way of checking was checking one row of the spreadsheet. Anyway, I open the…
Some of our team members got into a call. The main person, we’ll call The Worm, will be conducting a video call with our team overseas to guide them into migrating from Skype to Microsoft Teams. Lodi, who is not needed in this call, ordered The Worm to include him in the call. When the call started, Lodi goes, “I will just be working in the background. I’ll be here if you need me.” So…
