Articles for category: Delivery

March 3, 2021

Greg Thomas

Getting Traction

Traction is what we all want, but is the hardest thing for us to get. We want our code to take to take root and run perfectly. We want our ideas to find meaning with people and make an impact. We want everything we are building to be rejoiced and admired by our customers. However long it takes or when it happens, it has never happened overnight. Showing up, putting in that effort, making those incremental gains, each and every day. That’s how you gain traction, now how you keep it and maintain it? That’s for you to decide.

March 2, 2021

Greg Thomas

Turning it On and Off

I’m loving this season of Remotely Prepared – not only the interviews we’re having but the talks we’re having. Here’s our latest episode on balance and being able to turn work on and off. Something we all struggle with. https://www.upsidedownoffice.com/podcast/turningitonandoff

February 28, 2021

Greg Thomas

Move Your Bus

Years ago, when I was flying a lot, I found myself reading on planes and in terminals quite a bit. While perusing the selections one day I saw this book and found the title to be pretty interesting. Up until that point in my career, the only bus I had ever encountered was the proverbial one where you either run over by it OR the one where you ran scenarios against people that key to your team. So I was interested in what this had to offer. Digging into it, what I liked most about it was the general concept

February 24, 2021

Greg Thomas

It’s the Standard

So the standard, that hasn’t changed in the past ten years, hasn’t been updated and/or improved upon is the Standard? The standard that we have built countless workarounds, around everything that we do and has added workload to all that we do? Standards are great, only if they evolve. When they stop evolving, they stop becoming a standard and instead become a nuisance or a tolerance. If you are responsible for a standard, identify what it does and doesn’t so it’s clear what people get from you. Look at the evolving nature of what your standard is, how does it

February 21, 2021

Greg Thomas

The 7 Stages of Creativity

No, it’s not something I wrote. At the last conference I attended (going back to 2016), I attended Microsoft’s Worldwide Partner Conference. On the last day, the last session made the entire conference entirely worthwhile. I would have paid the conference fee to attend this session again. The talk is given by James Whittaker and is such a great talk on the need for creativity in everything we do. I’ve watched some of his other talks on storytelling and presentations which have helped me greatly. If you’re looking for motivation and direction on how to engage your creativity, take a

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