Month: December 2016

December 23, 2016

Greg Thomas

Creating vs Building Team Culture

One is trying to bring something into existence (Create) and the other is trying to assemble, fabricate or join “things” together into something (Build). When you Create something you are trying to bring life to something from the ground-up, to inspire and motivate those around you to help you so whatever your something is it can come to life. Building something involves putting components together (in some cases against a plan) in the hope that you will have something. We Create cars and houses when they are conceptual bundles of new ideas and are unique to themselves.  When the need comes

December 22, 2016

Greg Thomas

Your Internal Roadmap

I’m one of those people that thinks planning is a good thing. Not the “I’m going to write a 140 page document” type of plan – but a well-drawn out plan that exists on a markerboard that you see each and every day you come in to deliver. It’s your roadmap. It’s what you are going to achieve and how you are going to get there.  No one else needs to see it, some might even scoff when they DO see it – but that’s okay. It’s your roadmap. At the end of it all it’s a plan, a direction on

December 21, 2016

Greg Thomas

What do you Prioritize by?

We all set our priorities in different ways… Working on the low hanging fruit. Doing what’s easy. Doing what the customer wants. Doing what costs less. Doing what costs more. Making it look nice. Making it functional. Taking on a challenge. We all prioritize our efforts in different ways – the key is to understanding the differences in how you prioritize, how your team prioritizes and how your organization prioritizes and discovering how to align each one (sometimes by mere communication and understanding) so when everyone sets out to work – everyone is clear in how we are completing our work.

December 20, 2016

Greg Thomas

When will this thing ever become something?

No one knows all the effort you are putting into your something. No one knows all the times you have gone back and forth wondering if all that effort is truly going to be worth it. No one knows why you are putting in all this effort. And sometimes you don’t either. It’s in those moments of not knowing where you need to evaluate if this something is really worth it or if it is time to move on.  Entrpreneurs know this this as the pivot – current idea not working out, pivot to a new one. But it really starts

December 19, 2016

Greg Thomas

The F1 Pitstop

I don’t generally watch racing, but in a restaurant the other weekend it was on. The racing was fine, but the Pitstops where the best part, hands down. If you ever want to see a team that is synchronized, both physically and mentally, working towards a common goal and vision, you need look no further. When working as one, towards a common goal, they are able to pivot (literally) to implement changes in seconds instead of minutes. The best part? The guy who stands in front of the car as it comes careening into the pit, not looking agitated but calmly

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