Articles for category: Leadership

December 18, 2015

Greg Thomas

The Day After the Big Event

Call it whatever you want, but let’s narrow it down to this little Indie film that opened up yesterday. The hype has been growing since the release date was announced, tickets were purchased well in advance, days were planned around this moment, people have stood in line for weeks waiting for entrance, tools have been made to block spoilers. And now… … it’s passed. Was the hype worth it? Was it as good as you hoped? Did you leave the theatre satisfied? Would you want it go on for another 2 hours or days or weeks? The day after any huge event, there

December 16, 2015

Greg Thomas

The Wedge

The Wedge is a mythical concept that sometimes emerges on your team or in your project, always in the form of a person.  It’s appearance can vary  between the starting calm of a project or the maelstrom of a delivery gone awry.  Whichever the case the damage can be far reaching. The one that complains about the smallest issues, making mountains out of mole hills on a daily basis. The one that disrupts others workspaces and efforts to complete work with a constant stream of inane chatter or actions that seek to disrupt. The one that throws up roadblocks to

December 11, 2015

Greg Thomas

Don’t do What Everyone Else is Doing

I love reading articles that espouse everything you should be doing, and not just what you should be doing, but who you should be following, and who you should be reading, and what tenants you should be following, etc, etc It takes the learning out of it, there’s no pressure any more because now you can offload this work onto someone else, just wait for them to come out with a new post next week and you’ll be good to go – pat yourself on the back you found the wholly grail.   Best courses/classes I ever took had nothing to

December 10, 2015

Greg Thomas

You can Chase Waterfalls

I’ve always admired Blizzard’s approach to shipping software – “We’ll ship when it’s ready” – policy to shipping software. And I love it – I love that the quality and featureset come first to the user – the experience of logging in for the first time to an incredible experience is first and foremost. But can it apply everywhere?  Can it work in your industry? Maybe?  At some point in development, Blizzard (and DISCLAIMER – I have never worked at Blizzard, nor do I know anyone from Blizzard) someone is going to start asking – “Guys really, when are we

December 9, 2015

Greg Thomas

The Working Manager

That’s an oxymoron right?  Don’t all Managers/Leaders work?  I heard this term coined many years – “You’re a working manager, Greg” – okay, that’s good to know.  In the context of the below, I apply everything to the voice of the Software Development Manager. If you look at the difference between a Team Lead and a Manager – I’ve always equated the Team Lead to being the fun job – take an active role in coaching and mentoring, provide insights into what is happening on your projects and keep your hands in the mud.  If anything the Team Lead is

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