Articles for category: Initiative

August 24, 2021

Greg Thomas

When the Requirements Don’t Fit

One day you are going to pick a product or tool to do a job that just doesn’t fit. Maybe it doesn’t work, maybe it doesn’t line up, maybe it simply doesn’t do what it was supposed to do. The only question in your mind is – “Now what am I supposed to do?” At this stage you have two options; Do a ton of work around this tool or product (I’m looking at you Mr. using my drill as a hammer because I don’t have hammer person) to make it work. Get a new tool (oh hello Hammer) Neither

August 23, 2021

Greg Thomas

Bad Remote Decisions are Coming

As we start to crest the remote wave, hybrid offices, people staying remote, pay equity changes are starting to become the topics du jour. There is no more talk of New Normal or Now Normal, it’s now going to be about the “Next Normal”. And the Next Normal has the potential to take away all the great things that we have done with remote over the past year and make them hurt. A few things to remember when your team is working remotely; A green icon doesn’t mean they are actually present (or working) People should be paid what they

August 20, 2021

Greg Thomas

Don’t worry about Getting it Wrong

Instead, worry about what’s going to happen when you get it right. What you’ll be able to focus on next. Where you’ll be able to go next. How you’ll be able to grow your team. What problems you’ll solve next. Those are the problems you want to be solving.

August 19, 2021

Greg Thomas

Proof of Concepts

Proof of Concepts has one goal – proof out a concept. That concept can be a new process, an idea, a solution, a product, a prototype – take your pick – it’s something new that you haven’t done before that you want to see if it will work in whatever it is your doing. We undertake them to reduce the risk because if it turns out the proof doesn’t work, we haven’t aligned everything to it and put all our eggs in one basket. But it doesn’t mean it doesn’t get the same amount of love, dedication, and commitment that

August 16, 2021

Greg Thomas

The Honest Meeting

I had to have a meeting with a client a while back to discuss an issue on their project. When we got onto the call I phrased it like this… I need to discuss these requirements of what we can and can’t do, and I need to do it without all the project filters, cadence, processes around us. I need to tell you straight up the challenges we’re facing. The response? Thank you, let’s talk.

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