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May 12, 2017

Greg Thomas

The First Day is always the Longest

You have to meet everyone (and remember their names). No one really knows who you are, so you are easy to forget, and will most likely not be assigned much to do. You’ll sit there wondering why you made this change from your last job to here, based on the fun texts you are seeing from your former colleagues all out a lunch together. The questions will start to rise within you – Did I make the right choice?  Should I be doing this?  What if it doesn’t work out? Answer – Yes, Yes and than you’ll find somewhere else.

May 11, 2017

Greg Thomas

Go For A Walk

Or Run. Or workout. Or shoot some hoops. Take in that free karate session. Lace up your skates and go for that public skate. Weed the garden. Build a table. Go jump in a lake. Go fly a kite. Go camping. Just do something, anything, that serves to give you a break from the everything and everyday that you are going through and lets you rest, relax and refocus so when you come back you are twice as better as before. And if you’re leading a team, you should be encouraging your team to do the exact same thing.  Make it

May 10, 2017

Greg Thomas

Inconsistent User Design

Over the past week, I’ve had two experiences with applications implemented across a variety of platforms with completely different User Experiences – I can hold one up against the other and see the difference. Different features, different access points, etc, etc. Even worse, I can look at these experiences across a variety of devices and platforms and see how they are completely different in their implementation as well. If you are building a solution across a variety of platforms and devices always remember; Consistency is key – don’t limit the user to their device/platform of choice, enable it. Feature parity is

May 9, 2017

Greg Thomas

People vs Process Managers

People Managers worry about the people, the culture, the team, the what and the how of what they are delivering. Process Managers worry about how and when of what they are delivering, the methodology, the steps and the outcome. We are all one or the other, depending on the project sometimes we are both sometimes we flip between projects on which one we must be. But we are all predisposed to leaning to one side or the other. There is nothing wrong with either – the key is knowing which one you are and assembling a team that lines up to

May 8, 2017

Greg Thomas

It’s not going to get Easier

And will you keep going? If you know today – that it is not going to get easier for the next few weeks, months or years – will you keep going. Not maybe it will get easier, but definitively know that it will not get easier. Will you keep going? Will you keep waking up every day to make it happen? Will you keep pushing until you have nothing left to give? Will you still invest in failure knowing one day it will fuel your success? Than you are more ready than most and need to keep going to make this happen.