Month: September 2025

8 months ago

Greg Thomas

Getting out of Meeting Invites

Although it feels rude, the best way to get out of invites is to use the Decline button. But, you can add a message to the Decline button as to why you can’t attend – that gives people an indication that it’s not for flippant reasons. It’s a simple process, but we struggle to use it because someone might be offended, or they might never reach out to us again, or we might be ignored because we “declined” the chance to have a say. All of these are invalid and speak more to the group culture of trust as to

8 months ago

Greg Thomas

Working Nights

If you want to get ahead, you’re going to have to put in more hours, and those hours can invariably only come at night. You don’t need to work every night, but if you want to get ahead, it’s the same as it has been for hundreds of years – work when others are sleeping. It’s asking more of you. It’s putting more on you. You don’t know if it will pay off. And it’s not for everyone.

8 months ago

Greg Thomas

One Last Tweak

There is only one last tweak, fix or change to make. To get it just so. To make it perfect. But 10 iterations ago, it was perfect. Release it, let the users decide where the last tweak should truly go.

8 months ago

Greg Thomas

Big Projects vs Little Projects

There is no difference between big and little projects. One might need more people and money, the other might need more agility, but in the end, they are still projects with meetings, people, and processes. But they both need to get done. They still matter to someone. They both hold value. Downgrading one because it isn’t “big enough” is a copout. Cutting corners because one is too small is a surefire way to miss valuable steps. Each project needs has tasks that need to be completed by people who have an interest in seeing the project get completed and creating

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