Articles for category: Initiative

February 15, 2025

Greg Thomas

The First TechDebt Question to ask?

When faced with an unsurmountable pile of tech debt there is one question you have to ask yourself first. Do we need this? If the answer is no, then chances are you don’t need it and the energy you are putting into it (mental and physical) isn’t worth it. At that point it isn’t Tech Debt anymore, it’s just stuff that’s there that you don’t need anymore. No one puts effort into “things” they don’t need anymore (i.e., think of that old couch that is taking up space in your basement), they get rid of it, turf it, punt it

February 14, 2025

Greg Thomas

The Snow Day

We had snow yesterday. Tons of it. The type of snowstorm where you finish shoveling only to realize you need to go again to get it all cleaned up. The type of day where you can shovel, eat, sleep. Everything is covered in a massive blanket. It’s awesome. If only because something so wild and crazy, changes everything you were thinking about, your entire focus, what you might have been worrying about in life to focus on one singular thing. Snow. And what will change my day from it.    

February 11, 2025

Greg Thomas

You will Never Be Better Than You Are Today

Does that sound bad? It’s not meant to. At its simplest – each day we move forward, we get older, we might regret what we had at a previous job, previous team, previous image of ourselves – and wish we could go back to it. That is how you feel today, right now. Fast forward five years from now and life will have changed once more, and invariably you are going to wish that you could go back to where you are today, to this moment, to this feeling you have, and tell yourself – “You’ve got it great.” Don’t

February 6, 2025

Greg Thomas

Prove it

Show me your work? How did you get to the answer? How did you figure it out? What did you to to get here? That’s one way to look at it when someone says “Prove it”, the other way is as a dare when you say you can do something and someone says “Prove it” – “Show Me”. The problem with “Proving it” is that everyone expects the proof to be done now, immediately, this instant, when in many cases it doesn’t go that fast or that quickly. Our response to “Prove it” should always be the same – “Gimme

February 3, 2025

Greg Thomas

Measure Your Mark

You’re one month in, it’s time to Measure your Mark. What have you accomplished? How far have you come? What has faltered? What is working? What isn’t? Is it time to put some deliverables aside in favour of others? Have your priorities changed? Every month, you should be asking yourself these questions on the month before so you are not just moving forward, but moving forward in the right direction, the direction you want to be moving in. This isn’t a Performance Review, think of it as a long jump, you’ve set your mark, now it’s time to spend the

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