Articles for category: Growth

9 months ago

Greg Thomas

Are we all on the Same Page?

I’ve had a few meetings I start this way. If there is dissension in the room and we’re discussing a key problem, I’ll throw out this statement – “Are we all on the same page?” If we are not on the same page, there is no reason to move forward. Everyone needs to be on the same page, to understand the problem, the reason that you are all here, before you start getting to solutions. Otherwise, everyone is coming up with ideas that not everyone believes will solve the issue at hand. On the same page, move forward, different pages,

9 months ago

Greg Thomas

Build it like it’s Yours

There is an old story about the Carpenter’s House – the last project before he moves on. At the end, he finds out he’s been building his own house the whole time, and cut corners all along the way. So now he’s stuck with a “meh” house with lots of fixes needed for it. I don’t think you’re going to get your own cloud tenant on the last one you built for a client, but if anything, if you’re wanting to separate yourself from other in the market with your work – pride, value, commitment – these are all things

9 months ago

Greg Thomas

Competing with the Loudest Voice

Competing with the louder voice is a race to the bottom (top?) to see who is the loudest. You can’t win. To compete with the loudest voice is to provide the opposite that they can’t do: remain silent, don’t say a word, and wait. A conversation and meeting cannot happen with one person, and eventually, they will realize to move forward, they will need to listen.

9 months ago

Greg Thomas

Did we accomplish our goal?

This is one of the hardest questions to ask at the end of a meeting: “Did we accomplish our goal?” This is why it is so rarely asked: no one wants to hear the answer. If, meeting after meeting, you were to hear the answer to this question being “No”, how demoralizing would that be? Massively. But the hard questions don’t come with easy answers, because the answers that come require work, hard work, tough work, work that makes you hang your head and wonder what you’ve taken on. Did we accomplish our goal? If not, what do we change

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