Throwing Solutions at a Problem

It has never been easier than it is now to throw multiple solutions at a problem. Solutions you can validate, attempt, and see what they do. That’s what you are up against now: systems that throw solutions at problems, not ideas, not blue-sky thinking, not options, but the actual solutions. You probably can’t throw multiple solutions at any one problem, but you can come prepared, ready to work, ready to put together a solid list. You can throw your will, design, purpose, and value at the problem. Harder to measure, but easier to see in the end.

AI Doesn’t Do Half the Job

AI does all the job. Does it do it the right way? Debatable. But they always go all in on a task, without fail, right or wrong. Sometimes you have to go all in.  You can’t analyze and theorize forever; you can’t always stick your foot in the water. You have to do the whole job.

Research, Analysis and Dissemination

Want to look good at working on a problem? Research – Identify the issue, what are the different “things” that could be causing the problem, dig deep into what they are, don’t scratch the surface. Analysis – Look at your research, what applies, what doesn’t, what is feasible, what isn’t, what could work, and what can’t.  Come up with a solution that fixes the problem and explains why. Desseminate – Complex solutions don’t always have simple answers. Being able to disseminate to an end user, another team member, or your manager is a skill beyond value when you can translate

2 months ago

Greg Thomas

The Importance of Design

Design without code is not a great design; it’s airy, never been proven, just there, who knows what it could mean. Design is important, whether you do it with AI or on your own; there is value in that work, and it is largely unhidden. If it fails, everyone knows it was a bad design. If it works, no one ever mentions it again. Some of the best code I ever wrote was a simple design to send out invoices every day to customers to get our money.  It ran for years without ever needing someone to coddle it or

2 months ago

Greg Thomas

The Pace of Change is Collapsing

I can go onto LinkedIn, do a bunch of reading on where people are at, and then I can go learn how things work. Learning is the fun stuff; it’s where you get to open your mind to all the possibilities around you. And then you can go back to LinkedIn and realize you are behind (or think you are). Every day, people are doing something different with what they have learned, and the gaps between what they learn and implement are shifting dramatically. With that, we lose something, though, the time to ponder, to think, to consider, to absorb,