Every project, team, and organisation is different, but some things stay constant. Below is a list of things I find true or important: my tenets and guiding principles.
- Family and friends are most important. Life needs balance. We are social beings.
- Learning is a lifetime activity. Curiosity gives momentum.
- Good questions are more interesting than readily available answers.
- Understanding is more important than tools.
- Progress over a process. Process over assumptions and how we did it before.
- Every job needs a pursuit of perfection—which is unreachable. Good enough is enough.
- The big picture is a starting point for crafting details.
- Trust, honesty, and transparency must be a part of every collaboration.
- Every business is about profit, but money should never be the ultimate goal.
- The best things are created by teams. Individuals make a difference.
- Everyone is creative. Execution is priceless. Ideas are worthless, but the good ones are rare.
- People can do great things, but they need the support of environments that provide them with psychological safety.
- Every person must be treated with respect. Apart from hateful bigots.
- Nothing is simple, but we can make things clear. That is design.
Written by Łukasz Tyrała and published on . with someone or read more.