I find that accountability aids productivity.

Accountability aids Productivity

I’ve had very full days, the last few days. I’ve been putting together schedules and specs, going through the details.

I can’t do it alone. There’s nothing that I know today about it that I didn’t know a few days ago or a month ago. Yet I couldn’t do it then. Other things seemed more important.

But now someone needs it. So now I can focus on it.

I’m more productive on a team

Why is it so much easier for me to produce something when it’s for someone else?

A minute ago, I hadn’t a clue about the answer. And now it’s obvious. I didn’t feel like I needed it. I knew a spec would be needed, but that didn’t make me need it. Another way of looking at it was that it wasn’t urgent.

It’s much easier for me to create urgency if someone else needs it. I guess I’m naturally prone to being accountable.

This is the first big project I’ve run. I have a long way to go to be reliable. But I’m willing to be accountable. Ask me about something I promised, or even something I mentioned, and I’ll tell you what I’ve done so far and what’s left. I’ll tell you why it’s not done.

I’ve worked on PeopleCount almost four and a half years. I’ve had some team-mates just in the last two months. It’s great, but we’re still learning to work together. We’re still learning how to be accountable to each other.

But it’s good. I have people who are depending on me, and that helps me focus. I better get back to it.

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