Month: December 2019

December 9, 2019

Greg Thomas

Now What do I do?

If you don’t know, then you haven’t been paying attention. It’s that simple. If you have to ask, then you’ve been ignoring what’s happening with the rest of the team and have only been focused on your own work. At the end of the day, it’s what the team delivers that matters, not what the individual does. Whether it’s agile, scrum, waterfall, nimble, bimble or my favourite – simple – it’s all a measurement of what the group accomplished and what the group delivered – right down to how work is prioritized and organized. With that in mind if you

December 6, 2019

Greg Thomas

One Word

That is what it came down to… one word that ended… well it ended a writing streak that lasted 240 days. A streak where I turned in pages every day writing about anything and everything, some with focus, some without but all of it with a purpose. The goal is to write a minimum set of words day each to get the streak going. I got up to 240 (ish) days and then missed out on it by one word. One word. So now, it’s back to the beginning and starting all over again. I’d be lying if I said

December 5, 2019

Greg Thomas

It’s Not Leading if No one is Following

If you’re working with a team and no one is following you then you haven’t done the work necessary to reach them. If you haven’t done the work necessary to reach them, then you are focusing on the wrong things. If you are focusing on the wrong things, your team doesn’t know what to work on next. If your team doesn’t know what to focus on next, they are going to produce “meh” work. If you want to elevate them to doing great work, you’re going to have to get them follow you. Cycles never go out of style.

December 4, 2019

Greg Thomas

But in what Format?

When the format is more important than the content of what we are creating, we have started down a path that is hard to recover from. It’s hard to recover because the writer worries more about the look than the content because that is what they have learned they will be judged on first before anything else. As the adage goes, Content is the King (and the Queen, and the rook, and the bishop and the knight… only the pawns are the look). A better way to adopt this problem set, to get people focused on content before looks. Sit

December 3, 2019

Greg Thomas

Want to hear my Demo?

I don’t have a demo, but there are a few people I know who this is their thing, this is what they strive towards and toil on, late in the evening and early the morning. Will you listen to my demo? Will you take time out of your day to listen to everything that I have poured into this one cassette, CD, DVD, MP3, iTunes song. There is something great about having someone approach you and say those five words – whether it’s their demo, their art, their code, anything – it’s their work and their willing to share it

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