Articles for category: Ideas

2 weeks ago

Greg Thomas

Finding a Process Champion

Believe in the Process. Trust the Process. These are all good; these all make sense, as long as someone is a Champion of the Process and able to evangelize it in a way that makes people want to stay on board, makes them want to learn more, leaves them hungry with questions to ask. You need someone to lead the process for people to follow it; without someone to lead it, no one will follow it. The proof? How many times have you read the installation manual before trying to install whatever it is you’re working on? Want your process

2 weeks ago

Greg Thomas

The More You Know

NBC used to have these great slogans at the end of shows in the 80s/90s – “The More You Know”. They would generally be about drugs or drinking. But now, more than ever, the More You Know, the better you are positioned for what comes next. The More You Know was the driver to keep learning and get better at what you are doing because when you know more, you can solve more.

3 weeks ago

Greg Thomas

The Backup Drive Habit

Yes, I still use Backup Drives for files. Not regularly, but every now and then, I get a random thought – “Oh, I should back that up”. Setting up a new computer, I back up to the cloud, but also to a local drive… because hey… local drives have never failed, right (they have)? Someone younger than me who never used external drives probably doesn’t use them, but for my generation, going from 1.44 MB to 1 TB in your hand was power incarnate and always gave you that security blanket of – “if something goes wrong I still have

2 months ago

Greg Thomas

Chocolate Milk and Coffee do not Mix

We ran out of milk, but had some chocolate milk. I thought, why not try it in my coffee, since I need something to go in my coffee?  I tried adding it to my tea the day before, and it did not work. Fun fact, it does not hit well in coffee either – which I guess is why it has never taken off. But now I tried, and now I know. Don’t stop experimenting… I might not have liked this… but maybe you will.

2 months ago

Greg Thomas

Who Holds on the Longest

Getting the Business is one thing. Holding on, being the incumbent, not letting go, doing what is needed to hold on, that’s what is remembered and what matters. Anyone can low-bid to the bottom, but repeatable processes and success? That takes effort, consistency, showing up all the time, and grit.

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