Articles for category: Delivery

6 months ago

Greg Thomas

Clarity Isn’t Just for AI

If you give out sloppy directions with AI, you’re going to get sloppy outputs. This is the proof of the words – Garbage In, Garbage Out – that humanity has been saying for years with respect to leading and guiding your team. Give people vague and cloudy notions, and what you’ll get back is vague and cloudy solutions – not very valuable. The difference between AI and Humans is that with AI we get immediate feedback on how horrible our instructions are, whereas with Humans, we try to make it work, we try to figure it out, we try to

6 months ago

Greg Thomas

The Bugs Won’t Fix Themselves

If you want to bring your list bug list down, start cracking. When they are assigned to you, they are on you to work on, you to identify, and you to close. You can leave the list there and ignore it, or you can do what everyone is waiting for you to do. Start closing bugs. It’s not flashy, it’s not the greatest work, but the people depending on that work being done, will definitely appreciate it and that should be enough for you to slog through it and make it happen.

6 months ago

Greg Thomas

There is always a Balance

How much documentation do you need? How heavy are your processes? How much AI do you use? What level of automation do you have? How many PRs do you ship daily? Whatever your task, whatever your work, there always needs to be a balance between how much you need and how much you want. Do you need to spend time automating every single process that you have in existence, even if you don’t use all of them? Probably not, there is a balance between the most heavily used and the ones with the most complex steps that you mess up

6 months ago

Greg Thomas

Your Next Project is waiting

It’s just over the hill, peeking out at you like a gopher. It’s waiting for you to put down whatever you’re frustrated with and walk over the hill to see what is there. It’s not a quick win, it’s not low-hanging fruit – it’s a project – it will take time, energy, and effort. But in the end, it will be worth it. If you want to see.

6 months ago

Greg Thomas

Talking about Work

This is one of the best quotes from Moneyball. Talking, talking, talking, but never taking the chance, never taking the risk, never willing to press the button. I’ll keep it simple… Things will break. Debugging is never straightforward. Work isn’t easy. You won’t succeed the first time. But if all you do is talk, you will never learn, you will never grow, you will never find the next path you should be on. Don’t talk about it, do it.