Articles for category: Growth

Software will change Culture

More than at any time before in the history of your team, the software you use, the software you are using will change your team culture. How and what you deliver will inevitably be impacted by the software you use and how you introduce it to your organization. Conferencing and communications are the first step but what comes next? Will people always be calling each other because they can’t wait for chats to come through? Will email go away because we are now relying on group chats and other mediums? Will you need to have these applications installed on your

March 30, 2020

Greg Thomas

Take a Break

I have played more video games in the past week than I probably have in the past year, easily. I have walked my dog more in the last few weeks than I did in the last month. I have watched more local news about my community, about those around me than I ever have (perhaps since I was a child). You don’t need to be doing something productive 24/7 to “get ahead”, you can do something that wastes an insurmountable amount of time if it gives you the break you need to get back in the game. That’s what breaks

March 23, 2020

Greg Thomas

Community Game Theory

Everything you ever wanted to know about Game Theory is here. When we all do our parts, we all win. It’s that simple. Code Your Way Up is available today for purchase as an eBook or Paperback on Amazon (CAN and US).

March 17, 2020

Greg Thomas

Making a Team Decision

If you have the opportunity to open up an important decision to your team where you want to get their feedback and help in making the decision and you take it – this is a great to align your team. It’s tempting to meet with everyone individually so you only have to deal with any criticism that might come at you in an isolated manner but then you don’t get the benefit of hearing the team collectively speak and work towards the solution in that forum. If you can be brave enough to handle the good with the bad, you

March 13, 2020

Greg Thomas

New for the Sake of New

When you’re working with all the “new” stuff, everyone wants to use it. Everyone wants in on it. What was new is now old and who wants to work with that. This is great for learning and great for advancing your software and it’s capabilities. But if you don’t know why you are using it? Well then you are just doing some new because it’s new and not because it can actually help you out. Code Your Way Up is available today for purchase as an eBook or Paperback on Amazon (CAN and US).