Articles for category: Growth

14 hours ago

Greg Thomas

Coaching vs Leadership

Coaches provide direction, suggestions, mentoring, and guidance on how a problem can be solved. Leaders are the first to accept the words of the coach and work with the team, side by side, to implement what needs to be done. Sometimes one and the same, generally two, one sees things from outside of the team, one sees things from inside of the team. Both need each other to be successful. As soon as the coach and the leader understand that relationship, they are unstoppable.

1 week ago

Greg Thomas

Shackleton’s Journey

One of the first leadership books I ever read was “Leading at the Edge” which centered around Shackleton’s journey to the Antarctic under horrific conditions while keeping his team together and alive. The copy I have is older than this one, but here it is if you haven’t read it. I stumbled across it, found it on a shelf at work one late night, and brought it home to read – one of the best leadership books I’ve ever read. So it was pretty cool to see this expedition to find his shipwreck here, after all those years, where his

1 week ago

Greg Thomas

Skewed Adjective AI Analysis

Presentation and design have never, and will never, be my strong suit. I very much like doing all my research, gathering my notes and content, and handing it off to AI to “prettify”. Make some great infographics. Make that slide deck sing. Take my markerboard diagrams and point out the flaws. Use a consistent colour palette. All of it, yes, please. But the most annoying part is all the adjectives that get thrown around my work and other points that skew a decision, simply because I was asking a lot of questions on that one topic. Objective Analysis still holds

2 weeks ago

Greg Thomas

But what do you Own?

I had to buy a software product last week that cost $65 – not bad – I know it’s a great product, I’ve used it in the past for many years, and I’m happy to pay for the upgrade and get a new version. I read the initial purchase agreement wrong and signed up for a monthly subscription for $20/month – so $240/year for a product I use a smattering of times because I’ll get some new content. Immediately, I cancelled and then dug through their website to find the license and the thing I actually wanted. Found it bought,

2 weeks ago

Greg Thomas

I’m not doing that bad am I?

I’ve watched this video a few times and keep getting to the last bit and laughing. Imagine being Cristiano Ronaldo, being able to score 3 goals at the World Cup at the age of 41, and having to convey to others – “I’m not doing that bad, am I?” It’s funny and sad all at the same time – if you’ve ever seen the regimen he follows to still be able to perform at this level, to still be able to beat out younger players, and to still be able to perform. Imagine how many people you work with and

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