Articles for category: Initiative

March 18, 2025

Greg Thomas

The Last Pick

No one wants to be the last pick, but eventually we are. Whether it’s the school you want to attend, the job you want, the dodgeball team, etc, etc. Sometimes you are the last pick. What matters next is what you do knowing you were the last pick. Do you sit and complain about being the last pick or do you move forward and do something with it? Prove why you shouldn’t have been the last pick. Make your selection worthwhile. Put your value on display. The last pick happens, what you do next is entirely up to you.

March 17, 2025

Greg Thomas

Just Make It Work – Blip, Blap, Bloop

That works in TV and Movies – pull up a screen (any screen) – blip, blap, bloop and you’ve got a working system that is up and running and ready to save the world. Of course that isn’t how it works ever. It takes time, patience, consistency, showing up each day, not throwing in the towel, going back to the drawing board, dealing with the setbacks, trying again and again. And have we mentioned the copious coffee and tea to make it work and come together? You can make anything work, but it takes times, nothing happens in 2 minutes.

March 16, 2025

Greg Thomas

I Know more than You

No I don’t. Not even close. I know things you don’t know and vice-versa. That’s the beauty of working with a team, you don’t have to be the expert at everything, you don’t have to know it all. The best advice I ever got for leading a developer that outclassed me in every area – “I won’t be able to help you with coding, but I am going to help you with all that other stuff” – and from there we worked incredibly well together. There are no Gurus, Ninjas or Rockstars – there is you and your team.

March 14, 2025

Greg Thomas

Make Your Own Path

The path you take is yours and yours alone. It’s not linear, it doesn’t follow what everyone else does, and it’s not based on how many years you work somewhere or go to school. It’s your path, filled with ups and downs and all around. In the moment, you’re not thrilled with your path, you might not enjoy the daily grind of it, and it might feel like all it does is hold you back. But when you look back, it’s the path that made sense, the path that worked, and the one that fit best for you. The worst

March 13, 2025

Greg Thomas

Feedback in Intervals

Feedback can come in intervals or as one big hose. The benefit of intervals is that you are able to give out the feedback in drips, watch for improvement, tweak, and give out some more. When it comes out as a firehose, the “giving” of the feedback benefits you because you get it out all at once and can move on. Feedback in intervals takes longer, goes slower, and requires you to hold back when talking to others.  It puts more on you as the leader than the individual. Anyone can do a firehose and get everything out all at

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