Articles for category: Delivery

5 months ago

Greg Thomas

Changing Direction

Go outside, run as fast as you can. Then, without planning, spin around as fast as you can and go in the complete opposite direction. What happens? Someone who is a runner might navigate the change well, turn and go, ready for the next challenge. Someone who is an occasional runner might have to slow down, lose momentum, and work to catch up. Someone who isn’t a runner might stop, or possibly fall over, question why they were running in the first place, then turn around and start walking, apprehensive of what might happen next. Add in some snow for

5 months ago

Greg Thomas

The Push is On

If you can feel it coming at you, that is good, that’s the push, that’s the drive you need to keep going. Don’t stop. Don’t give up. Turn into it, face the wind, and move forward. Don’t get glide, coasting is for the week, push on. You’re so close.

6 months ago

Greg Thomas

We Can’t Go Faster?

Of course you can, it’s just hard to do. You can always improve, but it’s going to take more effort. The problem with going faster is that it takes energy, push, and a willingness to fail when you might already be succeeding. And who wants to go from feeling great to now feeling like they are starting over again by stumbling along? But don’t doubt yourself, you can, always go faster.

6 months ago

Greg Thomas

There will always be an Imbalance

You can fight it as much as you want – but you will invariably – always do more than others. You will always do more work, take on more work, and deliver more work. It can be seen as unfair or an opportunity, you can get mad at it or think of what else it could be come later on. Maybe the idea isn’t to realize that there is an imbalance, but rather to realize what side of the imbalance you want to be on and work towards that?

6 months ago

Greg Thomas

The Pace We Keep

Everyone has a different running pace that is perfectly attuned to our bodies, it is a system that is designed for us to be successful without hurting ourselves. The same applies to the work we do; we have a pace that works for us – I might be able to do a few things at once and keep track of 3 – 4 projects concurrently, someone else might be able to do more or less. But what happens when our paces don’t line up and we are on the same work together? Do we drop to the slowest pace? That