{"id":7324,"date":"2021-05-19T17:54:03","date_gmt":"2021-05-19T17:54:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/?p=7324"},"modified":"2025-11-26T23:21:26","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T23:21:26","slug":"wins-or-never-again-having-to-remember-what-you-did-all-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/2021\/05\/19\/wins-or-never-again-having-to-remember-what-you-did-all-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Wins! (Or, never again having to remember what you did all year\u2026)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='e-content'><span hidden class=\"__iawmlf-post-loop-links\" data-iawmlf-links=\"[{&quot;id&quot;:3709,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/uk.bookshop.org\\\/books\\\/1605838544_radical-focus-achieving-your-most-important-goals-with-objectives-and-key-results\\\/9780996006057&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20220603212047\\\/https:\\\/\\\/uk.bookshop.org\\\/books\\\/1605838544_radical-focus-achieving-your-most-important-goals-with-objectives-and-key-results\\\/9780996006057&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-04 13:20:39&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-12 02:42:05&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-15 12:25:02&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-29 15:53:37&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-24 03:38:05&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-05-08 04:16:40&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-06-20 09:22:16&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403}],&quot;broken&quot;:true,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-06-20 09:22:16&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]\"><\/span>\n<p>Since early last year, my team at work have been doing something which has made a big difference to how we keep aligned with each other, and how we see ourselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Friday afternoon we get together to share our \u2018wins\u2019. There is a broad definition of what constitutes a win, but generally it is either:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Anything we have got over the line and finished off<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Anything we\u2019ve learnt in the past week<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>We go around each of our sub-teams in the room and I make a note of the essence of what gets said. This then gets posted onto an ongoing Teams thread for everyone to see:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/image-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1004\" height=\"341\" src=\"https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/image-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7326\" srcset=\"https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/image-1.png 1004w, https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/image-1-300x102.png 300w, https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/image-1-768x261.png 768w, https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/image-1-700x238.png 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1004px) 100vw, 1004px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The idea was sparked from the book <em><a href=\"https:\/\/uk.bookshop.org\/books\/1605838544_radical-focus-achieving-your-most-important-goals-with-objectives-and-key-results\/9780996006057\">Radical Focus<\/a><\/em> by Christina Wodtke:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/image-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/image-2-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7327\" srcset=\"https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/image-2-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/image-2-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/image-2-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/image-2-700x394.png 700w, https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/image-2.png 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We have found that the session has all of the positive benefits pointed out by Wodtke in her book \u2014 the team look for wins, feel like they are part of a winning team and hear about what people have achieved. People know what is going on across the team, and it has been excellent for team morale. We also have a great record of our achievements to look back on, especially useful  when it comes to writing our annual self-appraisals.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<a href=\"https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/2021\/05\/19\/wins-or-never-again-having-to-remember-what-you-did-all-year\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"Permalink to Wins! (Or, never again having to remember what you did all year\u2026)\"><div class='e-content p-summary'>Since early last year, my team at work have been doing something which has made a big difference to how we keep aligned with each other, and how we see ourselves. On Friday afternoon we get together to share our \u2018wins\u2019. There is a broad definition of what constitutes a win, but generally it is [&hellip;]<\/div>\n<\/a>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"webmentions_disabled_pings":false,"webmentions_disabled":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":3,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"federated","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-7324","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-work","7":"h-entry","9":"hentry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":173,"url":"https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/2005\/11\/30\/broomball\/","url_meta":{"origin":7324,"position":0},"title":"Broomball","author":"Andrew Doran","date":"30 November 2005","format":false,"excerpt":"I seem to be able to count the years passing by the number of times the ice rink at Broadgate gets assembled and dismantled. 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