Month: February 2019

February 28, 2019

Greg Thomas

The Core of your Product

Is what customers rave about. Is what your developers are proud of. Is what your Sales Team shows first to prospective customers. Is what your Leadership team talks about first at any presentation. Is what drives your organization. Is the foundation of your business. So when it ships, the expectations from your users will always be that this is the most solid, well-thought out, cleanly designed, validated and automated piece of the product that they will use. And if it’s not been given that level of attention, than it’s not the Core of your Product, it’s someone else’s opportunity to

February 27, 2019

Greg Thomas

Networking for No One

Talking to a friend a few weeks ago about an event he attended that when he picked up his badge, he had to glue on a set of stars that indicated his networking comfort level. The goal I can only imagine was to stir up conversation among attendees that don’t know each other and learn from each other. The result was showcasing to one group – these are people that want to talk – and to the other – these are people that don’t want to talk. So ignore the ones that don’t want to talk. However, in talking to

February 26, 2019

Greg Thomas

Meeting Action Items

How many times have you attended a meeting, been given a list of Action Items and then 30 minutes before the meeting scrambled to get them done? On the flip side, how many times have you handed out Action Items from a meeting only to see them being done 30 minutes before the meeting? In both cases, knowing that they are not 30 minute items to complete. The problem with Action Items is we treat them as actions to be done on top of our normal work so they get pushed to the bottom. The Meeting Minutes come out, we

February 25, 2019

Greg Thomas

How To Get Better

Don’t give up when the road gets tough. If you want to get better that’s all it takes. The majority of us will give up when he hit Craptivity because it’s the easier thing to do, we don’t get to feel like to we aren’t good enough anymore, we get to try something new and feel good again. But it’s not how we get better.

February 22, 2019

Greg Thomas

The Lunch Meeting

My best, most productive lunch meetings have been simple affairs. Get a shawarma, find a spot, eat. Go to the place we always go to, order the same thing we always order, discuss. It’s the routine of it that makes the lunch meeting successful. It’s elimination of spending 20 minutes to decide what you want and before that umpteen text messages of where you are going to meet. The meeting starts with zero indecisiveness and gets right down to the discuss at hand. The fancier the place has yet to ever impress, all it shows is that you are willing

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