Month: October 2018

October 31, 2018

Greg Thomas

Experience! Experience! Experience!

No not the experience and/or qualifications you need to get a “job”. I’m talking about the experience you feel when you try something new for the first time. What’s the expectation that a customer can be up and running with your product in how you have shown it after they purchase it? One Hour? One Day? One Week? Does that line up with the reasons as to why your customer purchased your product? I run this blog on WordPress and some of the themes that are premium in nature, are downright painful to install, always require support and never install

October 30, 2018

Greg Thomas

Waiting on Someone Else

Do you really need to wait for someone else to finish that task? Are you truly blocked and cannot do anything else? Is the completion of that component really stopping you from moving forward? Do you really need to wait? Or is it easier to wait?

October 29, 2018

Greg Thomas

Don’t Fear the Success

Fear the whole “I didn’t think I was good enough, so I never tried because I was worried that if I did try and something went right well then what would I do right?  I mean here I would be with all this success, but would they think I’m a fake or a fraud or worst would they laugh at all my little mistakes and point them out to me like some kind of amateur or would I sit here agonizing over it myself, hoping that someday, one day I would maybe try again and be perfect?” Horribly written, very

October 26, 2018

Greg Thomas

Our Greatest Failure if Software Delivery Teams

Yesterday’s unit test results. Last week’s build breakage. Last month’s bad update. Last year’s roll-out that went sideways and didn’t make it in until the third try. These alone aren’t bad when they occur, but when we hold onto them, reference them in meetings when someone wants to try something new, test out a new idea or approach and use them as justification for not implementing change. This is when they become our biggest failure. Holding onto what didn’t go well for you yesterday is a surefire ticket to never let your team grow, never let yourself grow and never

October 25, 2018

Greg Thomas

Where did all this Anger come from?

Seriously, where did it all come from? I’ve been trying this Tim Ferriss experiment off and on for the last few months where I totally disconnect from all news outlets and don’t consume anything. The most I’ve gone is a week. Then I lapse, I take a quick peek, which leads to even more peeks and soon I’m back to consuming everything. And the one thing that I’m always gobsmacked by? Is where did all this anger come from? When did we become offended and mad so easily? Was it always like this? Is it all amplified into sound bites?

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