Articles for category: Initiative

February 21, 2021

Greg Thomas

The 7 Stages of Creativity

No, it’s not something I wrote. At the last conference I attended (going back to 2016), I attended Microsoft’s Worldwide Partner Conference. On the last day, the last session made the entire conference entirely worthwhile. I would have paid the conference fee to attend this session again. The talk is given by James Whittaker and is such a great talk on the need for creativity in everything we do. I’ve watched some of his other talks on storytelling and presentations which have helped me greatly. If you’re looking for motivation and direction on how to engage your creativity, take a

February 18, 2021

Greg Thomas

When do the Bots take a Break?

We hear of people taking breaks but what about the Bots? When do they take a break? What if for one day, all the bots in the world took a break – call it the “Day of the Bots”? What would happen? What would the impact be on our email? What about our customer satisfaction in talking to someone? How many “followers” would we lose in a day? And what would we do next? What would change for you in a day? How would that affect your strategy and direction?

February 14, 2021

Greg Thomas

Hitting the Wall

Here’s the thing no one says about the Wall. We all hit it. All the time. Every day. In different ways then how everyone else hits it, at different activities, on different projects, with different people. There is not safety from not hitting the wall. At some point in your life, you will crash into the wall, slam hard into it via a slow-motion montage action movie shot. If you haven’t hit it, you have, you just didn’t give it a name, you got up and moved on. And that’s what you do when you hit the wall, you get

February 12, 2021

Greg Thomas

Are You Part of the Team?

Take a look at the work you are doing, what you are building, what you are creating. Are you a part of the team? Does what you do contribute to what the team is trying to deliver? It’s not just code, it’s leadership, it’s teamwork, it’s accountability and owning up to when things go wrong, it’s putting in the cycles when the team needs them. Are you a part of all that? Are you on the team?

February 7, 2021

Greg Thomas

Not EVERYTHING is a Technology Problem

But in the remote world, we are trying to solve every problem with technology. You don’t need to wellness emails that tell you how long you have been in front of a screen, you know. You don’t need an app to break out what you should be doing next. You don’t need an app that pulls you out of meetings because you have one scheduled right behind it. Sometimes a problem is just a problem that needs to be solved on your own… without technology.