I told Jim yesterday that when he coached me about "major in the majors" back in Akamai, I understood the concept, but couldn't relate to it entirely. But in my role in Glance, it is becoming more apparent.
Jim explained, "this is an extremely important concept because it is easy to get sucked into noise when you are responsible for a lot of things. You need to do two things:
1) you need to hire people who can take over the noise and keep it away from you.
2) It becomes very important to be deliberate about how you allocate your time. You need to be able to get into a discussion, get what you need to make a decision, make it and move on. You can't get sucked into it."
He went on, "in Akamai, my criteria was - what areas can I get into to increase the value of the Akamai asset. Housekeeping areas are always important. They play a role in hygiene. But don't necessarily enhance the value of the asset. So you need to find people who take care of these areas - they need to have the attitude and aptitude to do it for you".
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