Articles for category: Initiative

8 months ago

Greg Thomas

Where to Start

When firefighters arrive at a blaze, they assess where to start and begin. Time is of the essence; lives are at stake. I’m sure they get it wrong – misjudge the wind, can’t see all the variables, don’t know about that indoor propane tank, etc, etc – but they have to start somewhere. If given the opportunity to stop time and spend hours and even days determining the proper approach, I’m sure they’d take it. But they can’t, they have to have faith in their team, what they have learned and what they know – and they give their best

8 months ago

Greg Thomas

Where we Need to Be

I read two types of articles these days; We completed our work within 4 hours and have a new product. I was hired to come in and fix a company’s product and have spent the last 2 weeks making it scale. The answer is in the middle: find the right people who use the right tools, to deliver the right thing somewhere in the middle. The middle is where we all want to be, but it’s not Instagram-worthy enough to get there, so we go with Option 1, but then when 1 breaks, we are forced into 2. Somewhere in

8 months ago

Greg Thomas

Things You Can’t Argue With

There are many things you can argue with, but at the same time, many things you can never argue with. Someone’s effort and desire to solve a problem – let them loose. Someone’s commitment to an issue. Someone’s dedication. Someone’s consistency. Someone’s drive or initiative. These are things you can’t argue with; they might be going in the wrong direction or require guidance, but you can’t argue with them because with them, this person is showing how much they care. Arguing with them, coming down on them, will only serve to slow down and stop their effort, when that is

8 months ago

Greg Thomas

Data vs the Computer

In Star Trek lore, Data (the Android) was the next logical level step in evolution from Spock. (Stay with me, I know we’re entering new territory). You can’t get more logical than Spock than being a computer with no emotions. But when you watch Star Trek, they still had work to do, they still had problems to solve – Data didn’t know all the answers. AI is great, it saves time and helps us incredibly, but don’t make it your slop bucket – let it free you up for more important tasks, like saving the galaxy. If your old job

8 months ago

Greg Thomas

Agent Creativity

If the goal of AI Agents is to automate our task libraries and accomplish more of our work faster. Then I hope the offshoot is that our teams can explore more creative opportunities, empowered to try out ideas, stumble, fail, and try again. Every automated task once started as a creative endeavour, and the hope would be that we see a surge in creative endeavours from people.

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