Articles for category: Drive

1 month ago

Greg Thomas

Kick-Offs

Kick-Offs are perfect; everyone is happy, and everything is going perfectly – nothing has gone sideways at this point. Optimism flows endlessly. But then the project starts, and over time, the optimism and happiness of the kick-off fade away. On a long-running project, you need to work to recapture that kick-off energy; you need to keep it going when times are tough, and reality has started to set in. There are a variety of options for how to recreate that kick-off energy; There are probably many more ideas (outside of throwing a party), but to capture the essence behind the

1 month ago

Greg Thomas

The Authenticator App Problem

My authenticator app is overflowing with sites – everyone wants a code for me to log in with now. Do they need the code? I don’t know. But now that one does it, they all do it. I am using different codes for different apps. We’re not solving the problem of authentication; we’re simply duplicating it across every piece of infrastructure we now touch.

2 months ago

Greg Thomas

How do you measure Productivity?

By how much do you produce, and what do you accomplish? Look, it’s not a rocket science type of goal, you do work, you are productive. You don’t do work; you are not productive. Don’t make it complicated, but make sure you’re always using that metric. Doing work and delivering at the end of the week, means you were productive.

2 months ago

Greg Thomas

The Last 10% of Any Project

The Last 10% of any project is the hardest and takes the longest – mentally – of the entire project. I don’t know how long it will take you or what it takes to complete it. Only you do, all I know is the last 10% can take twice as long as the middle 80% and thrice of the starting 10%. The solution? Find a closer, someone who can take that last 10% over the finish line. They are in short supply, but when you have one, they will make every project succeed by finishing that last 10% that the

2 months ago

Greg Thomas

Storms Expose the Cracks

And then it’s up to you to figure out how you’ll fix them. We’ve all had those repairs that we’ve pushed off because – “we’ll get to it someday”. And then the storm hits, and we think to ourselves – “someday was yesterday”. So now the question is, when is the next someday going to come, because we know the next storm is going to be just as rough.

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