Month: July 2023

July 15, 2023

Greg Thomas

Sprint Farming

Sprints are a race to get work done in a smaller period of time.  We’re not rushing to get work done, hopefully, we’re taking on just what we can, but the word itself is a sprint – so we are trying to get it all done. Farming on the other hand, is slow, meticulous, and planned out by pre-determined steps that take a period of time to accomplish.  You can’t demonstrate farming at the end of two weeks to show how far you’ve come, because sometimes you can’t see it. You don’t always have to have an end demo for

July 14, 2023

Greg Thomas

The Awkward Path

The Awkward Path is the one that no one wants to take because it’s awkward. It’s not easy. It’s not clear-cut. It goes against everything that we have learned. We know we will stumble and who wants to do that? The Awkward Path is strewn with frustration and unknowns, it’s final destination always unclear. But the rewards, the gains that are created once the path goes from being awkward to comfortable when you reach that point in the path where you get it and know what you need to do next. Well, that’s when the path doesn’t look so awkward

July 13, 2023

Greg Thomas

Assembling the Team

The first task in any new project you lead is assembling the team. You need a group that will deliver, try new ideas, keep the focus on what is important, grind it out when the chips are down, work at a steady pace from beginning to end, learn new skills, and discard old ones. And above all else, you need leaders, for whatever you are doing, you won’t be able to make all the decisions all the time and you need to make sure your team is able to empower themselves and each other to make those decisions. And wherever

July 12, 2023

Greg Thomas

Minimalist Growth

There are programs that require you to get experience before you can proceed to the next level. It’s not about slowing you down (which we often think), it’s about applying what you have learned and, hopefully, questioning it, trying out what does and doesn’t work before taking the next step. Growth does not happen all at once, you might be able to cram a 17-hour course into one day, but are you better off doing it that way, or if you did it over the course of a few weeks, putting into effect what you had learned? Learning in pieces,

July 11, 2023

Greg Thomas

Summer Learning

Find a book. Start that course from Udemy you purchased six months ago. Learn a new skill. Run a little farther. No one is saying you need to master the subject, no one is saying you need to become an expert or invest 4 hours a day. Catch up on that seminar you might have missed. Most of all, Summer Learning should be about things you want to learn, not stuff that other people want you to learn, that’s why it’s way easier to do, and more enjoyable. And that’s what the summer is for.

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