Articles for category: Drive

July 10, 2023

Greg Thomas

Communicating Value

There are lots of articles and blogs out there that start with… “How to get out of…” “Why you shouldn’t attend…” “How to avoid…” “Skip this if you can…” The content is generally the same and focuses on how you shouldn’t attend specific meetings. What it comes down to in any of these cases, all the time is and always will be valued. Do you bring value to the meeting?  Talk with who set it up, maybe you are missing something? Are you not sure what the point of the meeting is?  Talk with the organizer, maybe they have a

July 8, 2023

Greg Thomas

What is your Overload?

We each have our own limit. Where we get to the end and then we go into overload. The key part is to ensure that we don’t go beyond that, that we operate at it or below it. We also know when it’s coming and to take on more, is asking for it to happen. The worst time to worry about Overload, is when you’re already overloaded, it’s too late, you have no bandwidth. The best time, is before it happens, way before it happens, when you are so far away from it that it can’t happen.  That’s the best

July 1, 2023

Greg Thomas

Who is the Expert in the Room?

It’s the person not declaring themselves as the expert. The person who works on the problem leads the team, stands up, and figures out what is going wrong and how to fix it. They don’t declare themselves expert and would never dare to declare themselves as such. But to everyone else on the team, they are the defacto expert and much more so than the one that is standing up to say “I’m the expert, I’m the master, ask me.”

June 27, 2023

Greg Thomas

The Gap Between Codes and Tickets

There is much discussion about what is written in a ticket and what is actually coded. In some cases, there is alignment, in others, it’s a quick close and onto the next ticket. In this case, the ticket doesn’t tell the story. The solution isn’t to shut down the world while you’re building and reworking all your tickets. The solution is to ensure there is alignment on what the final solution and if there is some “figuring out to do” while you’re coding, to update the ticket after the fact. When teams do this, not only do the developers know

June 22, 2023

Greg Thomas

The Simple Timer

The simplest path to getting rid of distractions, focusing on the work you need to do, and feeling good about it afterward is right in front of you. Pick a time, start the timer and don’t stop until it beeps.

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