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October 27, 2016

Greg Thomas

Can we Automate this?

No. Not everything needs to be automated, not everything should be automated. Did you find your way to work okay today? Did you take an unexpected turn to get a coffee and satisfy that inner desire for one? Not everything needs a process, not everything needs to be the same, it just needs to accomplish the goal you have in mind. Sometimes the grind, the grunt work and the non-automated processes are what lead to our greatest ideas.  Sometimes it’s that last second flip of our decision to try something new that yields the biggest gains in our lives.  And

October 26, 2016

Greg Thomas

Everything is an Experiment

As we progress in our careers and rise through the proverbial ranks we must never forget to stop and look back. Whether it’s a new process, idea, suggestion, etc, we must always have the strength and desire to look back – analyze what went right or wrong and identify what we can borrow from that experience to get better for the next one. A good way to think of this is to take every process, idea, suggestion and classify them as experiments. By immediately labeling them as such our paradigm shifts from being concerned about it being a success or

October 25, 2016

Greg Thomas

Going off Script in…

I love this moment – not because I’m not prepared – I am.  I’ve done the research, I’ve done the presentation, I’ve done the pitch, I’ve run through it a 1000x in my head before I even say the first word. I love the feeling… of doing something that no one can follow… of not knowing where the discussion is going to take you… of brainstorming suggestions that could work but might not… of engaging with your team and throwing it out there to the people and not the process… It’s not easy to let go, sit back and watch what

October 21, 2016

Greg Thomas

Cue the Ravens

Why do we shy away from the tough conversations? Is it the yucky feelings it generates? Oh I don’t want to feel this way… This is too hard a question… Why are you making me think?… Can’t you just send me a text? Maybe an email? Something where I don’t have to think on the spot and reveal my true feelings? Something where I can measure my response and take my time? Something asynchronous? Yeah, no – that’s not a conversation, that’s a message. A conversation is direct, personable, synchronous and asks the hard questions, now, not later. We can