Articles for category: Growth

August 27, 2020

Greg Thomas

The One Hit Wonder

That last release isn’t your last. Your next post will do just fine. That tweet that everyone loved, your next one might not do as well. That instagram post that had everyone chuckling, you’ve got a few more ideas inside of you. You’re only a One Hit Wonder if you compare yourself to the luck and timing you had the first time you did something. The algorithms aren’t perfect, people’s routines change daily, who knows… we could all be told to work remotely for 8 months? Whatever the reason, don’t base your status as a One Hit Wonder on a

August 21, 2020

Greg Thomas

The New User Discount

I’ve been using a training site to download training videos for a number of years. The prices are pretty good and the content that the creators put out is fantastic. I’m happy to pay the price for it. However, I recently noticed that some of these prices had changed substantially. I mean 80% substantially and couldn’t figure it out. I went onto reddit and found that new users received a significant discount and/or there were randomly modulated price changes (to reduce the price by 80%). It’s too bad that users of 3+ years who have a proven purchase history aren’t

August 18, 2020

Greg Thomas

Meetings are the Only Medium

Right now in 2020, there are more meetings happening in the world then have ever happened in the history of the world. Why? Because it’s the only medium we have left to talk with people. Or rather, it’s become the medium we default to when we need to talk to someone. We eschew random 5-minute calls because “we don’t want to interrupt someone” but a 30 minute pre-scheduled meeting won’t disrupt them? We’ve spent the last five months adjusting to working remotely, defaulting meetings that have all video streams firing consuming as much bandwidth as possible. It’s not perfect, but

August 10, 2020

Greg Thomas

It’s About the Community

A new episode of Remotely Prepared is up and it’s on a topic that I’ve just been hearing and experiencing so much since the Covid-19 pandemic hit and that is community. Community of your team, your company, your friends, your customers, everywhere you look, communities are pulling together to help one another get through this. It’s fantastic to see. Full episode is here – https://www.upsidedownoffice.com/podcast/its-all-about-community

August 10, 2020

Greg Thomas

Leading Teams Remotely

What does it take to lead teams remotely? What are some of the ups and downs that you are going to go through? What has worked for you over the past few months and what exploded on the launchpad before it even happened? What would you like a do-over at? What do you need help in? Do these sound like questions that might be asked of you during a podcast? They probably are. We’re gearing up for Season 2 of Remotely Prepared where our focus for the season is going to be on leading teams remotely – what goes into

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