Articles for category: Initiative

May 7, 2023

Greg Thomas

Why we Never reset our VCR clocks

The running joke was that people who didn’t understand technology didn’t reset their VCR clocks. And yet we did it for our alarm clocks, no worries. It’s not because we didn’t have enough knowledge to read the manual, but rather more likely that users in general determined there was no need for a VCR to have a clock when many had a watch and/or were committed to not needing to know the time. When DVD Players came along, the clocks were gone. What features are you dragging around in your product?

May 5, 2023

Greg Thomas

Task Overload

Are too many tasks coming your way? Is your sprint board weighted down with work you will never get to? Do you start each sprint going – “not a chance”? Are you not sure where to start next or what to do? Sounds like you’re on the verge of being overloaded. The problem is, no one else knows, because we all hide it so well, because we all have varying levels of overload, and because we all dread that our team, the people we trust, might look at us and say – “what do you mean they can’t handle it?”.

May 3, 2023

Greg Thomas

Reflecting Days

On where you are. On how far you have come. On where you are going. On what it will take to get there. We all need these moments in life to recenter ourselves, appreciate how far we have come and what is up next for us, and get ready for it. Take the Moment

May 1, 2023

Greg Thomas

All the Things Going Wrong

Everything will go wrong. Despite your best efforts. It, or something like it, will not go your way. The question isn’t about how you are going to react when things go wrong. The question is whether you are going to keep working towards getting that one thing right.

April 28, 2023

Greg Thomas

Getting into the Creative Zone

I can get into the coding zone. I can get into the coaching zone. I can get into the process delivery zone. But man, getting into that creative zone, especially when I’m tired, had a long day, and my mind is filled with questions – that takes work.  Odd that it takes work to get into a zone where I can be creative and do something different. If your team is struggling to get into a zone, figure out what they need to get there and get it for them.  We all know how successful we are in those moments

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