Articles for category: Initiative

August 1, 2024

Greg Thomas

Halfway there

If you’re following the traditional school calendar (not for post-education but grade school only. You’re halfway there through all the goals you had wanted to achieve. Don’t give up if you haven’t started – but get started now.

Can you Handle a Blip?

Not everything can. We used to have a great test to see if our code could survive. We pulled the network cable. That’s, no other fancy actions, just pure and simple, we pulled the cord to see what good our app would be if we yanked out the cord that powered everything. And better yet, we plugged it back in to see how it came back to life (if it did). You will suffer blips in your career, the cord will be yanked from you, you can also plug it back in to get back online. It’s not easy, but

When your Leading Breaks

Did your new initiative break? Did it not go as expected? Was the team unhappy with what you tried to do that didn’t work? Did it blow up in your face? Good – that’s the idea, your leading should break at some point.  If it’s not breaking, it means you’re not working on it, and if you’re not working on it, it means you’re not trying to get better, it means you’re coasting. And if you’re leading your team right, they will be there to give you feedback and support and help you along the way. That foundation is what

It gets Better when it’s Broken

When things break, you can do any of the following; Get mad that it broke. Complain that it broke. Run around screaming that someone broke it. Schedule a meeting to discuss that it broke. Argue about the level of brokenness within it. Or, you can get to fixing.

July 22, 2024

Greg Thomas

What’s in a Status Update?

It’s up to you how you want to present your status. It doesn’t have to be what you did / didn’t do. It can be what you accomplished. It can be what you struggled with. It can be a slide presentation. It is a song. It can be anything you want. So make it yours, because it’s all about you, so it might as well be great.