Articles for category: Delivery

April 26, 2019

Greg Thomas

The Barking Dog

I have never understood why my dog is so excited to go outside and bark non-stop for 10 – 15 minutes at the world. Even when it is dead silent and no one is around us for miles, he will leap out the door, spend this time barking into the wind and then look back at me sheepishly with a look that says – “What’d I do?” I like to think he’s bounding out into the world to tell everyone that – “I’m here, let’s do this, time to get this party started, I want to do something different, come

April 25, 2019

Greg Thomas

Seeing Others Happy

Can you see someone else succeed when you are failing and be happy for them? Until faced with this situation everyone will always answer yes. “Yes, of course I can, always happy for others success and well-being.” But when confronted with it, when someone else succeeded over you or did something a better way or was more recognized for the work they put in over you despite perhaps you having done just as great a job or put in just as much effort? Will you still be happy for them? Will you be able to put aside everything and clap

April 24, 2019

Greg Thomas

The Evolution of Text Thought

Have you ever had a text conversation with someone where everything they said came out in 15 texts when it could have just have easily been 1? It’s as though you are getting an inside look at the stream of thought running through their head and how they are reacting to what you are saying as you are saying it. Little blips of thought as they come into focus thrown out in one or two word sentences. Interrupting whatever longer, more focused message you might have been writing but that took a little longer to write out, but that had

April 23, 2019

Greg Thomas

So you’re Losing your Job

It’s not the greatest thing to probably happen to you. In the short-term it is going to feel like an act of betrayal perpetrated by everyone around you as you diligently put all your time into making them and their projects a success. This is the new economic landscape that we are living in where one day things were going great and tomorrow they are not. There is no happy answer to be given to make you feel better, the only actions that come next that matter are from you. Are you going to rail against an unfair, unjust system

April 22, 2019

Greg Thomas

Avoiding Perk Seduction

Perks are a big thing in trying to attract top talent to a team. Coding in Bean Bag chairs. $20,000 coffee machines. Bring your dog into work. On-Site Dry cleaning. Free fitness memberships. Free Internet. Nothing wrong with these perks if they are enhancing what is already there and of value to you taking the opportunity in the first place. Challenging Projects. Flexible solution architecture. Ability to take the initiative and promote your ideas. Free self-learning options. Great team atmosphere. If the latter came with paid internet, no dry cleaning, my dog staying at home, coffee from a packet and

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