Articles for category: Leadership

3 months ago

Greg Thomas

Pick Your Path

I just watched a quick synopsis of Microsoft Build this week. I was never big on conferences. I liked attending them with coworkers, hanging out in the evenings, talking about what we learned that day, and also seeing how much swag we could bring home. That was our goal – the swag, and how much per-diem we could save to go out at night. Conferences are a firehose that never stops. The whole time you’re there, it is go, go, go – it’s great, you leave with a bazillion ideas. But there is so much, and there is only so

4 months ago

Greg Thomas

Don’t Feel Guilty about Design

In anything, good design is what sets good work apart from itself. Did you take the time to learn the underlying structure? Did you look at the technology and libraries that were being used? Did you think about the usage scenarios that would be applied by your team? Did you run through multiple problems in your head to resolve them? In the early stages, we complain about design taking too long; it’s not a sexy billable either, but when the product ships, when it runs without falling over. Yeah, that’s good design, so make sure you give it the focus

4 months ago

Greg Thomas

The AI Cut and Paste Dilemma

When a ticket goes from no content to 1000 lines of content, here is where my mind immediately goes now. I use AI to help me troubleshoot and track down problems – no one knows it all – and that goes for you to AI! After being burned a few times, with AI usage, I have found myself now in an instant doubting mood when I see long pieces of content come my way, where I now have to remind myself – someone might have put a lot of effort into this and I should give it the time it

4 months ago

Greg Thomas

The Strategy Session

Daily meetings are tactics – what are we doing today, what did we do yesterday, where am I stuck? Everyone on the project attends and has their say. The Strategy session happens once a week. It’s not for everyone; it’s for the leadership, and it asks a different set of questions Are we moving in the right direction? Are we tracking towards our goal? What is holding the team back? How do we help? Strategy sessions need all the leadership there to make decisions and determine next steps for the week that will filter down to daily meetings. When done

4 months ago

Greg Thomas

Now is the Time to Learn

There has never been a more important time to always be learning. I don’t know if there ever will (maybe when we get transporters). Each day, come out with something new – it doesn’t have to generate mass revenue and hockey stick growth in a day. It might not even pay off today. But in the next month, three months, or six, it will pay off. Now is the time to learn, schedule it, make it part of your daily cadence.

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