Articles for category: Initiative

May 2, 2021

Greg Thomas

Team Events in a Remote World

I wanted to find a way to have a team event that wasn’t going to be repetitive from what we had had recently. We’d done the Take Out Tuesday and the odd drinks but those were just a few people chatting. This needed to be for 30+ people who I wanted to have a good laugh and also very much pat them on the back for the great work that they had been doing. What I came up with was a game of – “How well do you know your team?” – with the wink being towards how long we

April 30, 2021

Greg Thomas

Wired Up

When in doubt, wire it up. I rarely use a bluetooth headset for an important call. For the price, the reliability isn’t always there. Sure it looks great walking around your kitchen with your headset on, making lunch while on a call, but what are you focusing more on at that moment in time? Your lunch or the meeting? You don’t need the fanciest mic and headphones, you need one that is consistent, reliable, durable and will be there when you need it. Boil it down to what you need and not what you are going to have to switch

April 29, 2021

Greg Thomas

But that Hill…

That next hill is always harder than the last one. Even if it is the same size, you’re already tired from the one you just finished climbing so it looks bigger, badder, like it’s going to hurt even more if you try. Or perhaps it is bigger, substantially bigger than what you are used to and/or have experience in the past. Whichever it is, there is a Hill and it is blocking your path, it could be made up of physical things – code, writing, work, whatever – or the less tangible, harder to measure – goals, people, success. Whatever

April 28, 2021

Greg Thomas

Some thoughts on the Impostor

I wrote this post on the Impostor Syndrome a while back and was trying about my thoughts on being an Impostor in general and helped me get out of it. When I look back, the moment I stopped thinking about it, was the moment I stopped thinking about it, or rather didn’t have the time to think about it and all I could do was work. Whatever happened from there was outside of my control and a the very least I would learn more to take to the next opportunity. In short, I assumed the following stance; We only consider

April 26, 2021

Greg Thomas

Lead By Effort

Sometimes you will get it right, other times you will get it wrong. In both cases, people will probably be watching, especially if you’re leading the team. Your example that you are trying to lead by will sometimes fall flat on your face, such is life, you try to do the best for your team, for your project and it doesn’t work out. When these situations crop up, it’s easy to say – “well that was dumb, I’m going to go back to telling people what to do, because when I try to show them, I mess it up.” I

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