Articles for category: Initiative

January 2, 2017

Greg Thomas

Finding your Hidden Value Proposition

I’ve been doing the odd blog here and there on LinkedIn that I’ll update to my online articles shortly.  Generally I haven’t shared them out via this blog because they are more technical in nature but I wrote one last week that has been rattling in my head for the last 2 months on defining our own value proposition and understanding how that fits into your team and organization as a whole, where the alignment needs to be and what you need to understand to move forward. Coming up with a title was a little tricky but here it is.

December 28, 2016

Greg Thomas

The Expansion Experiment

I think what helps any of us grow, in any field, is seeing the different approaches that people take in totally different fields to solve similar problems. Whether it be a function of leadership, team development, personal growth where there is alignment between the fields of interest. Even more interesting is to learn how people approach problems I have never seen, heard or even thought of and seek to understand how they approached this problem. With this in mind, I went to my LinkedIn feed and noticed that the bulk of people I interact with are all in some way

December 20, 2016

Greg Thomas

When will this thing ever become something?

No one knows all the effort you are putting into your something. No one knows all the times you have gone back and forth wondering if all that effort is truly going to be worth it. No one knows why you are putting in all this effort. And sometimes you don’t either. It’s in those moments of not knowing where you need to evaluate if this something is really worth it or if it is time to move on.  Entrpreneurs know this this as the pivot – current idea not working out, pivot to a new one. But it really starts

December 12, 2016

Greg Thomas

It’s a Commitment to Action

Remember the buzz around Call to Action – everything must end with a call for people to take action, to do something, to become something, to make it happen? But it’s not a call – it’s something more.   We can all watch a presentation and follow-up with the call to action to go talk to 10 people on our team and ask them how their day was and how they are feeling or reach out to 5 customers and see if they are really happy with us. What it should be called is a Commitment to Action – the

December 9, 2016

Greg Thomas

Career Offroading

Your career shouldn’t be a drive in sedan, to and from the office every day and night listening to the podcast du jour. It should be an off-road adventure on a bike as you peddle as fast and as furiously as you can with only your own momentum to push you up and down the hills as you careen off and back onto the path in front of you. It should involve taking chances, taking risks, trying something new and zigzagging across different places all the while collecting experience along the way. It doesn’t have to be paid – you