Articles for category: Growth

April 19, 2023

Greg Thomas

Being the Calm in the Storm

Yes, your release is late. Yes, the bugs are piling up. Yes, you have code that needs to go out the door. Yes, your chats are blowing up with everyone and anyone messaging you. Getting angry, chippy, or frustrated doesn’t help the problem and doesn’t help your team. Be the calm within the storm. The release will go out, the more bugs that are found the better the quality, your code will see the light of day and your chats will die down when you get over this hump. Lead your team through it.

April 14, 2023

Greg Thomas

There is No Learn AI

Yes, AI will automate many things. But you will still have to learn how to do things and that will not get faster (depending on your speed of learning). What AI will never automate is our abilities to learn, process and decide. It can provide metrics, analysis, and dashboards, but that last piece will always rest with us and we will always have to take the time to learn new things to be able to do it.

April 13, 2023

Greg Thomas

It’s Not the Way I would Do It

The only answer to the statement – “It’s not the way that I would do it.” – is “then how would you do it?” If the answer is not forthcoming immediately, or in the similar amount of time that it took for you to come up with the approach, then the statement is invalid. If you make that statement, you should have a clear picture of how you would do it. The answer to – “Well anything but that” – isn’t about the process or why you are doing it that way, instead, it is about the person – that’s

April 12, 2023

Greg Thomas

How Trees Grow

Slowly, trees grow slowly. Cut one down, count the rings and you’ll see, it took a long time for them to get there. The rush is all in your head. Grow, strong, tall, and durable – able to withstand any storm that comes your way.

April 10, 2023

Greg Thomas

Be Your Team Culture

Don’t talk about it. Don’t do a post on it. Don’t evangelize it. Don’t youtube it, instagram it, snap it, tiktok it. Definitely keep it off of LinkedIn. Just be it, live it every day, and embolden your path and those around you. Remind yourself every morning what it is, and hold yourself to that standard. You won’t get as many likes, you might not get people flocking to your job portals and it probably won’t make the news but it will matter to the people it needs to matter to the most – your team, and that’s all that

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