Articles for category: Leadership

January 9, 2017

Greg Thomas

I have to learn something new… again?

Yeah what a bummer – that whole growth thing has reared it’s ugly head again. There’s a new project with a new technology that you need to lead that you know zero about. There’s a new API that might solve the problem you’ve been having over the last year but you’ve never used it. Someone just did a demo on a new framework that you should be applying to EVERYTHING you do and you have 2 weeks to learn it. What a bummer that whole changing software industry. Good thing you are relentless when it comes to learning new technologies,

January 6, 2017

Greg Thomas

The Airplane Test

Imagine an airplane perfectly taking off, flying through the air, getting to cruising altitude, descending and making a perfect landing. Now take your current team – all facets – Business Analysts, Product Managers, Developers, Systems Integrators, Quality Assurance, Support, Trial Specialists, etc, etc – and imagine them all on one team, standing in an empty hangar. Now imagine what plane they are going to build. Are they able to create the plane you need in the initial scenario? If not, what do you need to do to get them there. PS – I wrote about this before – but it’s

January 5, 2017

Greg Thomas

Owning the Problem towards the Solution

A 5-minute owning up to the problem and what you should have done is much more productive than a 35-minute debate on what you did do in an attempt to prevent what went wrong. The former gets the ball rolling towards a solution, both parties focussed on moving forward, together. The latter stalls the solution process, strengthening walls, instead of breaking them down.

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.

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