Articles for category: Drive

July 7, 2024

Greg Thomas

The Finishing Touches

I like building the foundations, I can make them as durable and resilient as possible.  I can build all the hooks and failsafes that no one cares to look for but are happy they are there. The finishing touches are another matter, they slow me down, and cause me to question myself and everything I’m doing. Because I’m no longer thinking about what I want it to look like, but what others might want it to look like, or act, or feel, or interact with. We forget about the finishing touches when it comes to conversations, texts, meetings – we

July 3, 2024

Greg Thomas

Catching Up

The secret to catching up. You’re always catching up. You’re always behind. What you learn today, will push you to learn more tomorrow. Focus on the work you’re doing, not the need to catch up, it’s a neverending game and neverending games, never end 🙂

July 2, 2024

Greg Thomas

The One-Week Retrofit

What would you do if you stopped doing everything you’re doing now for One week. If you took One week, to fix up your business, your team, and your personal progress. One week to not be tied to a sprint or delivery but to do the things that would push you forward. At my first company, we needed this for a week, we took an old app and spent the week repurposing it into a product. Everyone was focused on nothing but this, all other meetings were pushed out. We started on Monday 8am together and we ended on Friday

June 30, 2024

Greg Thomas

The Paused Sprint

What happens if you paused the current sprint? The current sprint that was in trouble. That was broken. That wasn’t working. That was churning and churning with nothing to show. The sprint that was filled with bugs because requirements were missed? You know the sprint.  You’ve lived that sprint.  Now what if you hit pause and figured out what you want to do next, turfed what wasn’t working, kept what was, fixed the team issues and moved forward? What happened if you did that all within 3 days? Would that be worth the pause? 3 Days to fix them all.

June 29, 2024

Greg Thomas

Be the Glue

You don’t always need to be the leader, sometimes you need to be the glue. Sometimes all your team needs is someone holding them together as they work through a tough release or deliverable. They don’t need future inspiration that will come down the road. They need someone focused on the now to get them through it.

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