Articles for category: Initiative

January 5, 2022

Greg Thomas

Return to Sender

I’ve never been big on returns – probably because of everything it entails; Having the right receipts. Being online vs offline. Having the card that I bought it with. Knowing what was wrong with it. At the end of the day, all I want to happen is to give something back that was yours that I don’t want anymore (not because I’m trying to scam you, simply because it doesn’t fit or do what I said). If there ever were a way to standardize a process across all stores that would simplify our lives – this would be it.  

January 2, 2022

Greg Thomas

Have you Set your Team Goals yet?

If you haven’t, stop what you are doing and start thinking about this. Your team needs direction, they need purpose, they need to see the bigger picture in what will be for the upcoming year.  It doesn’t matter whether it’s the company’s or the team’s goals. Giving your team a purpose gives them something to fall back on whenever they hit a fork or roadblock in what they are doing? I could hack this together pretty quickly, but we’re trying to increase reusability this year. I know the Happy Scenario works, but building out some Edge Cases would help with

December 23, 2021

Greg Thomas

My Learning Focus

Not big on broadcasting what I’m focusing on but sometimes good to write it down to remind myself why I’m doing it. Areas where I want to focus on in the coming months; Typescript and its application to projects I’m working on AWS/GCP  – always good to see how the other side of the world lives (or in this case the majority of it) Meetings – why do they continue to be broken after the last two years when it’s all we have done. Delivery of Leadership Programs – how to get the message out there My core four I

December 22, 2021

Greg Thomas

We know Enough of what we know

Oftentimes this is the scariest answer to hear from a developer when you ask them if they have everything they need. As a Dev Manager, your response should never be – “great” – it should always be – “okay let’s sit down and figure this out.” If the team only knows what they know and yet there are questions about what they don’t know, it means they are not seeing the entire picture and your role just became crystal clear – help them see the picture. Don’t accept it that they “kinda know”, you need them to fully know, because

December 21, 2021

Greg Thomas

Why Attend a Meeting?

If I’m at a meeting and I’m not doing any of the following; Presenting Answering questions or contributing to the conversation Typing questions into the chat Keeping myself off of video Then I ask myself why am I here?  Maybe it’s an odd one where nothing was directed my way or maybe, I just don’t need to be there? The common thread against all four of those bullet points is engagement, interaction, and intent.  If I am not needed, that is a function of the meeting, if I am choosing not to be to be a part of the meeting

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