Articles for category: Initiative

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.

August 6, 2021

Greg Thomas

The Humanity in Your Meetings

Ask them how they are doing. Tell a joke. Ask everyone a fun question. Poke fun at yourself. Learn something new about them. Your meetings have a goal, but the first one should always be – “we’re a team and we’re in this together” – make sure everyone always knows that.

July 29, 2021

Greg Thomas

What Worries me about Going Back to the Office

Apart from the normal health restrictions, there is only one thing that worries me about going back to the office. That all the good habits we developed over the course of the last 18 – 24 months will be thrown away and we’ll go back to our old ways of doing things. Not hiring the best worker, but the best worker around here. Forcing people into meeting rooms that don’t need to be there. Awkward gatherings that no one wants to attend. Less empathy, more cohersion. Barriers that existed for many will rise up once again. I hope it doesn’t

July 20, 2021

Greg Thomas

Where are we Starting From?

If everyone is starting from different spots, then you are not starting together, you are starting apart. On a new project, getting the team onto the page is the hardest thing going. If you get it right, if everyone is on the same page, the delivery, the direction is clear as day. If you get it wrong, everyone goes off in their own direction and no amount of standups, scrums, meetings will bring them back. The team needs to know where they are starting from, always.

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