Articles for category: Leadership

August 23, 2021

Greg Thomas

Bad Remote Decisions are Coming

As we start to crest the remote wave, hybrid offices, people staying remote, pay equity changes are starting to become the topics du jour. There is no more talk of New Normal or Now Normal, it’s now going to be about the “Next Normal”. And the Next Normal has the potential to take away all the great things that we have done with remote over the past year and make them hurt. A few things to remember when your team is working remotely; A green icon doesn’t mean they are actually present (or working) People should be paid what they

August 21, 2021

Greg Thomas

We Don’t Do It

Not sure when this commercial aired, but I think when it did I had just started working in software and recognized the discussion immediately. I had been on the side where someone was proposing a great idea, it had all this potential with bells and whistles that would make you drool. And then they said that we’d be doing the work or someone else would. My heart sank immediately – the people that knew what we should be doing – we’re not going to do it – but they were going to tell us what we were doing wrong and

August 19, 2021

Greg Thomas

Proof of Concepts

Proof of Concepts has one goal – proof out a concept. That concept can be a new process, an idea, a solution, a product, a prototype – take your pick – it’s something new that you haven’t done before that you want to see if it will work in whatever it is your doing. We undertake them to reduce the risk because if it turns out the proof doesn’t work, we haven’t aligned everything to it and put all our eggs in one basket. But it doesn’t mean it doesn’t get the same amount of love, dedication, and commitment that

August 17, 2021

Greg Thomas

What are the Values of ___________

Coming up with values shouldn’t be hard, it shouldn’t take long and should be easily accomplished. Values are a great way to say – “hey whatever we do, they always have to be rooted in this, if they are not rooted in this, we should consider not doing it because they are not part of our values.” It’s not complicated, it’s not stressful, you don’t need a day to do it, and you can start small, with a few simple words to get you going. But once written, everyone must follow because it’s only then that they have the potential

August 16, 2021

Greg Thomas

The Honest Meeting

I had to have a meeting with a client a while back to discuss an issue on their project. When we got onto the call I phrased it like this… I need to discuss these requirements of what we can and can’t do, and I need to do it without all the project filters, cadence, processes around us. I need to tell you straight up the challenges we’re facing. The response? Thank you, let’s talk.

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