Articles for category: Drive

August 12, 2021

Greg Thomas

When the Game Changes

And it’s going to change. In ways, you didn’t see coming. When it does change you have two options; Keep playing the old game and hope things revert back to the way they were. Start learning the new game so you can better understand how it works and what you need to do. The former will work in the short term and keep you afloat for a while until you reach a point where the game is so different you are lost. The latter will cause some short-term pain as you refine, tweak and refactor your way to playing the

August 10, 2021

Greg Thomas

Ripping off the Band-Aid

Just do it. Whatever it is that’s holding you back. Just do it. No one’s going to notice. No one’s going to care. Except you, because that is who cares and knows about. But no one else does. So just do it. Whatever it is.

August 3, 2021

Greg Thomas

The Question I Always Get Asked

How can we deliver faster. And my gutshot initial reaction? “Let’s talk with your team.” There is generally shock on everyone’s face when I answer the question in that way particularly because they initially think – “but they are the team that is currently delivering slowly?”. Yes, but do know why they are delivering slowly, what is holding them back, what is blocking them, what ideas they have to make it better? These are the people closest to the problem than you and I will ever be. Listen to them, learn from them, take from them and get better.

August 1, 2021

Greg Thomas

Changing Culture

It doesn’t happen on a dime. It doesn’t happen in two months. It doesn’t happen in a year. It can, but if everyone is not on board, it can’t.

July 30, 2021

Greg Thomas

Sharing My Screen

It’s now normal, everyone knows how to do it right? Great. So that means we can… Have ready what we want to share. Have tried it out ourselves the first time. Troubleshooted what goes wrong. Hide all the stuff people don’t want to see. On a side note, it has been interesting to see how some screen-sharing tools have evolved during this time of extreme usage and others have made it as painfully awkward as trying to find the right cable to plug into your laptop and hope that it works.