In a movie trailer, I saw a guy shouting “my dream is to have a dream!” Audiences laughed because they took it as a joke. But was it really a joke? Now, I seriously believe that my goal is to know the goal.
Today, a module that I wrote turned out not to meet the project expectation. I confess that I wrote this without knowing well about the goal. Indeed, I wrote it with my own guess.
“Goal” may be a vague word. I wondered exactly what I should have known. Two things came acorss my mind. First, I did not have a clear image of who would become happy with the module. Next, I did not have that image of how either. So, I did not know the intension of the project. Unfortunately, it seems that I have the same problem for some other projects.
This is not the rare case for me. I have experienced similar situations in Japan. I am actually a person of passion and emotion. I can work best by sharing those of others. But the reality is that I tend to have difficulty in doing so.
I wonder what Carolyn may say. She may say that my experience is the typical symptom of a person who should move to share project objectives. But how? In fact, I have been trying to talk about this for two or three days. But proper expressions did not come to my mouth. To be honest, talk is not my best communication channel. Other than that, the CEO is busy. He takes care of many other projects. He seems to meet people every day.
E-mail sounds good to me. He can read my message when he has time. Even when he has no time, I can explain it more efficiently if I have writing. Now, I can start thinking about what I want to do with him exactly to share the project goal. I have no idea if this action will work. But who knows? Anyway, this will become an exercise of communication.
Posted by hfuruichi at August 18, 2004 08:22 PM