Articles for category: Growth

October 13, 2023

Greg Thomas

Missed Deadlines

I missed a number of posts in September, what can I say it was busy and that carried forward into October. Here’s how it goes when you miss a deadline. Day 1 – I’ll get it tomorrow. Day 2 – Okay, well I already missed one, so what’s one more? Day 3 – Tomorrow, I promise tomorrow. Day 4 – Do I really want to do this?  Nothing has changed in my life? Day 5 – I feel like something is missing in me, things are building up. Day 6 – No I miss this, but I’m not sure how

October 12, 2023

Greg Thomas

Building Trust Fast

New teams need trust, fast. They need that groundwork, that foundation that established teams already have. They are having to change the rocket fuel while the rocket is soaring through the sky without it falling to the ground. What they don’t know, is that the rocket can slow down, it can take a hiccup, it can hit a different switch to get them back on track, as long as everyone sees where they are going, where they are headed, and what needs to happen. Trust moves at the pace of the team – whether it’s fast or slow, depends entirely

October 11, 2023

Greg Thomas

The Team Playbook

Do you have one for your team? What do they need to work on? I.e., what tasks should they do first? What do they need to focus on? I.e., what needs to be done when? What do they do when they aren’t sure what to do?  I.e., what can they fall back on? The playbook is what gives your team something to fall back on because that’s what it is, when all else fails, do what everyone else on the team is doing, and you can’t go wrong with that.

October 10, 2023

Greg Thomas

Lists on Lists

I have lists for my lists. I have checkboxes, note apps, and journals where I write down anything and everything. I don’t want to forget, even though I do, sometimes I realize I’m just not writing down the right thing. But I keep them simple, I keep them focused and I’m definitely not paying to write down an idea for a monthly subscription fee. But the ones I get done the most?  Those are in the Notebooks, those are written down with my own chicken scratch and then crossed off with a big thick sharpie when all is done. There

September 29, 2023

Greg Thomas

The Framework of One

Frameworks for one always work, always do exactly what you want them to. They are the most intuitive systems on the planet that can never fail no matter the bug or the error. But what happens when it becomes a Framework of Two?  Or Three? What is the cost to move to more than one user consuming your framework? Could be what you have built isn’t a framework, but rather a collection, still a great starting point to build something. The best metric of any framework will always be – how long does it take for someone to be productive

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