Q4 Blog

Ok, it’s been almost a year but nonetheless, this is officially the 2nd year into implementing the Rockefeller Habits at Q4.  We kicked off our annual and Q1 2009 priorities yesterday with the whole company and now that we’ve gone through the process a few times we seem to be much more efficient at it.

I think what I enjoy most about the process for implementing the Rockefeller Habits is that it’s actually very similar to using Agile processes for developing software:

1. Focus on the highest value items first
2. Make progress on those items
3. Have a retrospective
4. Find new (and usually more difficult) problems
5. Repeat 1 – 4 often

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Last year was a great year for all of us here at Q4.  We officially launched Q4 PRESS and also launched a major version of Q4 WEB that included RSS feeds, Google Maps, photo galleries and a host of other improvements.

Anyone who has worked for company experiencing explosive growth can appreciate the difficulties that come with it and the the importance of maintaining focus with respect to corporate objectives.  Chris Jones posted back in July with respect to our adoption of the Rockefeller Habits as well as our re-adoption of Scrum as a way to maintain alignment across the company.

Since Q2 2008, we have been living our values. The single most important value we realize at Q4 is a dedication to constant improvement.  Read more…