Articles for category: Drive

April 4, 2022

Greg Thomas

Ideas are Fluent

Sometimes they work, sometimes they don’t, that is why they are called ideas. You can try them out and sometimes they will work successfully, other times they will blow up in your face and leave a mark on your face. But if you never try to put them into practice, to make something real of them, they will always be just that – an idea. And I think we need something more.

April 2, 2022

Greg Thomas

Falling Behind

I don’t know anyone who doesn’t feel this way. And then they are forced to stop and they wonder to themselves – “What was I falling behind again?” And then we reset, and we are good for a while until we once again say to ourselves – “I’m falling behind.” Cue the stoppage.

March 31, 2022

Greg Thomas

Tweak what’s Wrong

But sometimes you need a tweak to make it better. And sometimes you need to ask for a second opinion when what you’re doing is getting the same results. Tweaks aren’t about throwing out everything you have done. They are about figuring out what’s missing to make it right.  

March 30, 2022

Greg Thomas

The Bumps in the Road

Bumps in the road make us better. Seriously. We learn what to avoid (big monster potholes). How to navigate (dodging big monster potholes). And how to respond when things go wrong (when we hit the big monster potholes). The bumps and lumps we take, the setbacks, the ups, and the downs. They make us better, but only if we let them.

March 29, 2022

Greg Thomas

Who Runs the System?

Agile is famous for saying – “everyone owns the system” – but that’s not true, because not everyone wants to own a delivery system. Project to project, I don’t want to lead everything, sometimes I want to come in and deliver, work through coding problems, test, and move on.  I don’t need to lead the project, I simply need to do my part and take the lead from others. But in every system, what makes it work, is who does what, who runs what, who specializes in what, and what are the goals for the team. Not everyone can run