Articles for category: Initiative

February 6, 2019

Greg Thomas

Stop Browsing

You don’t need to check that news site one more time – nothing has changed – at least nothing worthwhile. If you’re in a rut or at a place where there is never enough to do, than it’s time for you to start figuring out how to get enough to do. That’s it. Make a Plan, stick to it, and stop spending the hours browsing news sites, watching YouTube or setting up your playlists. Focus your time on a project that gives you little to no time for browsing and leaves you feeling enriched. Making the Plan is the first

February 4, 2019

Greg Thomas

The Unchallenged Team

Will leave. They will lose interest. They will lose faith in your plans. They will not push themselves. They will start to look elsewhere. Find out what will challenge them, what will bring back the spark to ignite them and show them how they can grow and restore their faith. There is always time to turn around an under performing team, but you have to be willing to take the first step and challenge them.

January 31, 2019

Greg Thomas

Focus is Key, Adoption is Critical

Focus is big. Focus is important. Focus is what will keep you on the right path – whether it’s working with your team or shipping your product. Focus will get you there. But what happens after “it” gets there?  Switching to Agile? Introducing a change to your team structure? Putting out those new features in your product? That’s where Adoption comes in and Adoption is critical to your success.  The earlier you build Adoption into your focus, the sooner you’ll have your team, your customers buying into what is coming. Not only have you prepped them for what is coming

January 30, 2019

Greg Thomas

What Happened?

We don’t ask this question enough. It’s too open-ended. To open to interpretation. Has too many options associated to it. Invites too much feedback from those involved. Turns into a much longer discussion than we are willing to invest time in. Gets lost in translation. Or simply put – “It’s too hard to ask” and that much harder to receive feedback on. When we say “What Happened?” – we are opening ourselves up to feedback to everyone – those directly and indirectly involved – it can be overwhelmed if we don’t have a process in place to handle, consume and

December 26, 2018

Greg Thomas

Last Minute Requests

But we didn’t know? We just found out today? We thought it was fine? Who knew there was a problem? If it’s your job to know that everything is working, then it is also your job to ensure that no last-minute requests come through the door that could derail the project. Last Minute Requests that change the underlying foundation of what you have built are not Last Minute Requests – they are features for the next release.