Articles for category: Growth

11 hours ago

The Easy Metric

Tokens were our gateway to playing games. Now they are the measure of our work and efficiency. They don’t have to be, they shouldn’t be, but right now, many companies are looking at token consumption as a successful metric for adoption. Why? Because it’s easy, it’s one thing, easy to count, easy to add, easy to subtract, and it gives you a nice number. The easy metrics have always been eschewed by leaders because they only measure what is easy, and not what is right. Accountability. Value. Responsibility. Leadership. Commitment. These are the values that we have always wanted in

2 days ago

Greg Thomas

Drive Growth

Back to the Terminal

We have gone from the terminal to super-integrated and beautiful User Interface designs. Now we are back to cool-looking terminals that are slick and watch information scroll by in a variety of colours. It’s all a cycle, and I’m so glad that all of my console skills have not gone to waste!

4 days ago

Greg Thomas

Growth Leadership

Speed Running Buddhism Misses the Point

Cue the commencement speeches for 2026, and this one from Ronnie Chieng. It’s a good watch; there is some NSFW language if you have your speakers on. My favourite comment – “Speed Running Buddhism Misses the Point” – everything is about the journey. It’s about the learning experience; it’s about the path you are on to improve. Great speech (and funny).

4 days ago

Greg Thomas

Growth Leadership

Pick Your Path

I just watched a quick synopsis of Microsoft Build this week. I was never big on conferences. I liked attending them with coworkers, hanging out in the evenings, talking about what we learned that day, and also seeing how much swag we could bring home. That was our goal – the swag, and how much per-diem we could save to go out at night. Conferences are a firehose that never stops. The whole time you’re there, it is go, go, go – it’s great, you leave with a bazillion ideas. But there is so much, and there is only so

6 days ago

Greg Thomas

Growth

The Brick

The brick is heavy, and when you drop it, it hits the floor, and pieces chip off, but it’s still together. The functions of a brick are limited; it can be used to build something, although without mortar, it would fall over. Carrying it is heavy, and it weighs you down. It needs more to become something useful; it needs mortar, it needs precision, it needs levelling, and other bricks. And once altogether, it becomes something useful. By itself, not so great, but when together, awesomeness. Don’t be a brick, when you could work with a team and be awesome.