Articles for category: Leadership

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

April 25, 2023

Greg Thomas

Build a Great Team and AI

Building a Great Team is about finding complementary pieces that make your group stronger than if they were alone. You don’t need 4 full-stack developers, you need two front-end, a middle, and a back-end developer – and you don’t need to full those requirements with four AIs hoping they crank out something that is amazing. Maybe not that precise mix but you get the idea, you don’t need drones, you need people, and you need perspectives and approaches that can grow your team. AI will never be a great team, it might be components, but it won’t be THE great

April 20, 2023

Greg Thomas

When Not to Change Your Process

At some point in a project, sprint, release, etc we have the process for what we are delivering mapped in our head and we are grinding on it.  We are tweaking as we go and it might not be perfect but it’s what we’re doing to get things out the door. We are under pressure, overwhelmed, and trying to keep everything together on a shoestring to get it out the door. As much as small tweaks and suggestions here and there could help make you more efficient, you’re not in the right headspace to hear them and it’s better to

April 19, 2023

Greg Thomas

Being the Calm in the Storm

Yes, your release is late. Yes, the bugs are piling up. Yes, you have code that needs to go out the door. Yes, your chats are blowing up with everyone and anyone messaging you. Getting angry, chippy, or frustrated doesn’t help the problem and doesn’t help your team. Be the calm within the storm. The release will go out, the more bugs that are found the better the quality, your code will see the light of day and your chats will die down when you get over this hump. Lead your team through it.

April 16, 2023

Greg Thomas

Setbacks and Blowbacks

Setbacks are minor disruptions in our plans to try something new. Blowbacks are the unintended consequences when someone comes down on us because our plan didn’t work. Setbacks are not equal to Blowbacks. We have the choice to recover from Setbacks, Blowbacks we have no control over (so stop worrying about them).

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