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March 18, 2021

Greg Thomas

That Green Status

We want everything to be working and going smoothly. But no project has ever been like that. There will always be ups and downs, different states, where we are behind or ahead. Some days you will have bright red roadblocks while other days are smooth sailing. Whatever state you’re in, it won’t always be Green (this is good), what is even better, is being up front with everyone about it. It’s only when we’re honest with where we are at, with your team, with your client, with your project, with whoever, when we can actually start to move forward, otherwise

March 17, 2021

Greg Thomas

The List

The list is what keeps us going. It could be a post-it note, a whiteboard, a leather-bound notebook, an envelope with scribbles on it, voice memos, an app on our phone that syncs to our desktop. It could be any and all of these or might simply be thoughts in our head But it is there, staring us down, daring us to take a crack at it. Daring us to put aside our worry that we might get it wrong or screw it up. Give us a try it says.

March 16, 2021

Greg Thomas

Making an Impact

An impact starts small, it’s not all at once. You pound through it, break against it, chip away at it – day after day after day which turns into week after week. And after awhile of trying to do something, you take a step back and realize the dent, the hole, the whatever you have made. The Impact. The same is with a team, want to have them trust and believe in you? Show up every day, do the small things that matter, that help them, that grow them. Look at what they need, not what you need. The difference

March 15, 2021

Greg Thomas

Burnout and Breakers

When there is too much power coming into one wire (outlet or breaker), it causes an overload and trips the switch. To get things running again, you need to manually go to the electrical box, find the offending breaker (which is generally coloured orange so you can find it easily enough) and flip it back on so it can start taking power again. Generally, before you do this, you probably want to unplug a few things, so the next time you restart it, it doesn’t trip again. Otherwise, it’s only a short matter of time until it trips and you’re

March 14, 2021

Greg Thomas

It’s Been a Year

A year since many of our collective worlds and directions and changed in an instant. Where our plans changed on a dime and in many cases we had to reinvent what we were doing and how we were doing it. When I look back at the change that has happened all I can think about is how much we have dealt and rolled with over the past year, how fast it has happened. Whereas we used to wait months and years to make some of the significant changes over the past year, we transformed to making them in days and