Articles for category: Delivery

April 21, 2020

Greg Thomas

New Approaches

We are in the midst of learning a variety of different approaches to solving old problems, primarily because we don’t have all the tools available to us before AND because these tools are being redirected towards other needs. If you find yourself in this scenario, realize that the approach you come up with today, might be better than what you were doing before you just weren’t able to realize it before. The struggle now is to bridge the divide between what you were doing before and what you are doing now and that is where we are struggling. We want

Establishing Remote Connections

Where you thought you had a connection with someone before, that connection might now be gone. In working with your peers, not everyone is going to want to work on video, not everyone is going to have perfect internet and not everyone will be flourishing working from their dining room table. You are going to need to establish new connections, new ideas and new patterns if you are going to get through us. No one said delivering this way would be easy, but no said it wouldn’t be possible. Those that find change hard will struggle the most, that’s where

April 6, 2020

Greg Thomas

Find your Schedule

For the past few weeks, many of have been working from home, trying to find that new rhythm that will put us back into that ever present flow that will let us succeed where we once did so easily. But that flow isn’t going to come as easy as we think. There are new hurdles to overcome, new obstacles, new co-workers who we now share everything with from internet to space to lunches. You can’t continue from where you once were but you can establish something new and that something new starts with establishing a schedule. A plan, a list

March 27, 2020

Greg Thomas

Make the Routine

Here is one thing that has always served me well – make a routine. It doesn’t have to be the same thing day after day after day, it can vary per day, but whatever it is find it. If on Monday you get up early and write, and on Tuesday you get up early and Exercise and on Thursday before you go to bed you do a puzzle, that is a routine, that is the routine that is needed. Routines and their successes are what transfer from one moment to the other. Code Your Way Up is available today for

March 20, 2020

Greg Thomas

Remember the Actions

Over time, people will forget what was said. It doesn’t mean it will be ignored, but over time what will stand out, will be our actions. Think about all the great leaders and teams you have worked with and do you remember all the witty quotes they said at meetings or when they were compiling their code? No, you remember that they were there, late into the night compiling their code and that they lead those meetings when no one else will. Code Your Way Up is available today for purchase as an eBook or Paperback on Amazon (CAN and