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June 8, 2020

Greg Thomas

Momentum comes in all Forms

Don’t be fooled into thinking there is only one speed and that is the only speed of innovation, creativity, ambition, excellence, perseverance, direction and vision which culminates into momentum. There are many speeds to momentum, we all have it, we all go different speeds depending on the issue being worked on and resolved to. It’s not a race, if it was we all we would have loss, because when we boil it down to what we are all good at, we all have a variety of momentums for whatever it is that we do. And now that you know, remind

June 5, 2020

Greg Thomas

Sayers and Doers

I like it when people do more over what they say. They don’t wait for “IT” to happen, them make “IT” happen. They don’t announce what they are doing, they roll up their sleeves, get in there and do it. They don’t call a meeting to vote on what needs to happen, they do what needs to happen and have a meeting to discuss the outcomes what they learned when they did it. Doers take the risk and let the chips fall where they may, and wherever they do, they pick them back up and start all over again. Want

June 4, 2020

Greg Thomas

Handling Traffic

When a light goes down at an intersection, one of two things will occur. Either the system’s back-up response will kick in that everyone knows and understands or a new response will take shape. In the case of a light going down the back-up response here is everyone waiting their turn, while they wait for the next person to go (on their right). The process isn’t perfect, traffic is slowed down, but it goes, it works and we can get by until the system comes back online. The other option is, for someone to get out of their car and

June 3, 2020

Greg Thomas

Customers Shouldn’t Chase for Support

When I get a call from about a problem I’m encountering, when I have reached out the company instead of having to call them myself – that is golden. Not because I demand that they call me, but because I know they want to help me work through the problem, get to the other side and keep using their software and product. When working on a customer’s problem, I try my best to chase them down too – can we schedule a time to work on it, can you send me logs, are there screenshots, what were the steps you

June 2, 2020

Greg Thomas

Leading Teams Remotely

I’ve had the good fortune to interview Jason Cosman a few times, but this is the first time that the interview is being published. If you are looking for some guidance on how to lead teams remotely, Jason has been doing it for over 5 years and never stops surprising me with you easy he makes it look. The full episode is available here. Want more? Check out my book Code Your Way Up – available as an eBook or Paperback on Amazon (CAN and US).