Articles for category: Delivery

April 2, 2024

Greg Thomas

What Meetings Used To Be

When they were smaller, you didn’t know you were having them. When you started using chat, you didn’t realize how much faster and simpler they made your life. The first time you had a call with more than two people you marveled at how much you got done in such a short time. When you got together to discuss a topic, a point, a problem – you didn’t need to write copious notes and have follow-up apps for follow-ups, everyone knew what had to happen next and they did it. The first time you had a huge town hall and

April 1, 2024

Greg Thomas

The Grunt Work

It doesn’t change, it’s still there, and it never goes away. It never expires. You can think you’re past it, that you never need to do it anymore, but you do, it was to get done. Your avoidance of it is what is holding you back from finishing it. The question you have to ask is whether you’re willing to continually hold yourself back from bigger things by not doing the grunt work that you could do in your sleep.

March 30, 2024

Greg Thomas

Begin Again

Starting over, isn’t easy. No matter how long you put into the project, starting over is always met with an initial sigh. “Here we go again” “Back to square one” “I have to do it all over again.” Yes you do, but you are also there to do it all over again, you also get to start all over again, and you have the opportunity to begin again. Not everyone gets that, so revel in it.

March 29, 2024

Greg Thomas

Reset, Regroup, Relaunch

When things go wrong, there are three things you need to do. Reset – it is what it is, let it go. Regroup – get everyone back on the same page, forget what happened, get them focused on where they need to be. Relaunch – Push forward once again. Many teams get hung up on Reset, they can’t let it go, they refuse to let it go, and they never get the chance to regroup and try again. If you can get past the reset, the other two become that much easier.

March 27, 2024

Greg Thomas

The Post Ship

After you ship, after you deliver, after you have the moment of “I did it”, there is a time for taking a break and patting yourself on the back. You did it. You got here. You survived. But don’t rest too long, don’t rest on those laurels too long, otherwise you won’t get back to doing what needs to be done. Which is finding the next Ship.

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