Month: May 2016

May 31, 2016

Greg Thomas

I’m Smarter than my Team Lead

  Okay, Congratulations. (Part of me thought of stopping the post right there for laughs) This statement invariably comes up from someone who is knee deep in their speciality and has started comparing themselves to the person they report to – their Team Lead, their Manager, their Director, etc, etc.  Wherein they start to think that they would be much better as the lead because they know their speciality so much better. This could be true and if you are one to be thinking this, I might respond back with the following questions; Is this all you are focused on?

May 30, 2016

Greg Thomas

The PD Day

I loved these as a kid – PD Days – the extra day that would pop up here or there on your calendar, sometimes at the last minute giving you a whole extra day to sleep in, play lego, goof off, whatever. For those in Education – they stand for Professional Development Days – from Google. PD days in the school calendar recognized that teachers needed time during the school year to hone their skills, improve practice, and stay current with changes related to teaching and learning. I don’t see this much in software, you hear about, sometimes it takes shape for

May 27, 2016

Greg Thomas

Who do you Report to?

It’s not a tough question – Who do you report to? If you’re not in the position of lead, I would imagine you might say to your Team Lead or Manager – a perfectly acceptable choice. But if you are a Team Lead or Manager responsible for those on your team and you answered your Manager or Director… Then I would say you are wrong. A Great Lead reports to the people on their team, working with them to garner feedback on how they are doing and where they need to improve, identifying strengths and weaknesses in themselves that they

May 26, 2016

Greg Thomas

The Perfect Route to Work

Perhaps you take the bus, walk or drive to work (kudos to all the bikers and runners out there) – either way we are all in search of the perfect route to work. That route might involve many things, beyond short distances; Avoiding Traffic by leaving early, staying late Where the local coffee shop is located Can I take the scenic route How many podcasts can I listen to on the way there Carpooling Whatever it is, that makes up your perfect route when the stars align and there is no traffic, the podcast is perfect, your beverage of choice is

May 25, 2016

Greg Thomas

The altMBA – what it does

For some reason, I thought when I sent my application into the inaugural altMBA program it was later in May – turns out it was much, much earlier than that. Wow time flies. So here is how it did start for me… And that was it, that was how it all started – I had no preconceptions what the course was, how it worked, what my grades would be (are there grades?  no there are not) and where it would take me.  Something new, something different, something to give you a swift kick. From it I learned that I can

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