Articles for category: Initiative

April 29, 2022

Greg Thomas

You Make the Team

A team is made of many people, but what matters, where the difference lies, is in what you bring to it. We forget to ask this question of ourselves, but when we do, when we do ask it, it almost always causes us to pause as we think of what it does the team needs from us – what can we contribute, how can we lead, what can we offer. And if you are leading the team, make sure your team is asking this not only of themselves but of each other. That’s how the team grows.

April 28, 2022

Greg Thomas

How to Hand-Off

I like to think of the old adage of hand-offs as being a very simple one. Imagine the person you are handing off your work to is you. How well will you write your comments? How much information will you fill out in the description of the story? Will you give them access to the information in the documents? How many barriers will you put in place? Start with what you want to receive, than make it better, set the standard for others to follow.

April 25, 2022

Greg Thomas

What Level Matters

None really. We think all the levels matter, we think being at the uppermost level matters because that is where we will do our best work. But it’s not, our best work is what we do, at the level we are in that makes that level something more, makes it bigger, makes it better, and changes the level for whoever comes next. The level is a starting point, from there on in, it’s up to you what you want to do with it.

April 21, 2022

Greg Thomas

Sit Less with Stefan Zavalin

I love meeting new people and hearing about their hacks to productivity. My favourite part about chatting with Stefan Zavalin was that you don’t start going 8 hours with a Standing Desk on Day One – you do a little each day and keep building on that success. It sounds like common sense and it’s the reminder we need.  The full episode is here.

April 20, 2022

Greg Thomas

The Key to a Good Tweak

The key to a good tweak is simple, do it at the right time and don’t blow up what exists. Switching tires that you have a hunch might do better on the last lap – good tweak. Wanting to replace the engine on the last lap – bad tweak. The key is doing it at the right time and not putting yourself into such a hole that you can’t recover if it doesn’t work it out. That’s why it’s a tweak and not a change.

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