Articles for category: Initiative

May 12, 2021

Greg Thomas

Getting Organized

When you work side-by-side with people, there is a hum and rhythm that helps you organize and deliver your work. It’s not a push, but an ongoing nudge that says – “this is the way to do it” or “this is what we should be working on” – it can manifest as simply leaning your chair back and asking someone for 5 seconds of advice. Right now if you were to lean your chair back, you would find only you. And if you wanted to have that five-second conversation, it could turn into a meeting you have to organize. Whereas

May 10, 2021

Greg Thomas

Where you at?

When I ask a developer where they are at in their work, I’m not looking for the rosy picture, the hopeful optimist or any other unicorn answer. I’m asking for where they think they are and what they have left to do. To be honest, I’d rather they lean to the side of being a little more realistic (or if you want to call that negative). Why do I want this? So I can provide them the insulation they need to get the job done that they need to do and that I trust them to do. Straight, simple, direct

May 9, 2021

Greg Thomas

Trimming the Backlog

We get into a meeting, great ideas come out of it and if we are busy, we throw them onto the backlog. This isn’t bad, this is how it should work – you can’t do everything, all the time. Also, it’s a great way to give things time to congeal in people’s heads, let them see what you are building now so they can decide if they reall need this later. Do we truly need AI? Scraping an email will do. But, but… there is always this small part of me that is sad when we trim the backlog and

May 8, 2021

Greg Thomas

What Matters

What matters more to you this year has changed from last year. We have been through so much, together, apart, it all seems to get lost in a swirling drum of everything. What I have found, what I have realized is that what matters to be today, at this moment is greater than what mattered to be me last year. It’s harder, but it’s worth it.

May 7, 2021

Greg Thomas

Your Job Description

Is not what you were meant to do, it’s a guide, a prescription for what you need to achieve. If you accomplish your roles in a different manner and still maintain success you are doing things right. If you are redefining your job description to meet the needs of your team and company you are doing things right. If you are being challenged, growing and learning you are doing things right. Job descriptions are an idea of what is needed at that moment in time for what we think someone will do when they get into that position. They are

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