Articles for category: Initiative

January 24, 2025

Greg Thomas

No One’s Going to Give you the Lead

But everyone is going to be hoping you take the lead. That’s how it works. If people knew how to give the lead, they wouldn’t be giving it, they would be running with it, but they can’t, so they are, once again, asking you to lead. The question isn’t whether you can lead, the question is whether you will lead, whether you are going to take the lead and run with it. Once you have the lead, you can run with it, you can make the call, you can give them the trail to follow. But you need to grab

January 19, 2025

Greg Thomas

Where do we Start?

The hardest question you will be asked and there are so many ways to get there; Have a workshop – list everything out. Break into groups and build a focus around a problem. Ask each person what their Top 5 issues are, come back together, and go through them. Appoint someone to lead, give them your trust, and let them loose. Ask everyone to write a paper, and review the papers. Get anonymous suggestions from EVERY member of the team and then rank them on the board. Bring in a consultant, get them to tell you what you already know,

January 17, 2025

Greg Thomas

Lead with People First

I guarantee you will never go wrong if you lead with your team first. There might be struggles. There might be ups and downs. There might be days you shake your head and wonder why you are doing it. But you will never regret it. Ever.

January 15, 2025

Greg Thomas

Where Does this Go?

When starting a new job you want to be able to ask the question “Where does this go?” and be able to get back a clear, clean, and descript answer. You don’t want pontifications, talks about technology, or platform idioms that talk about where something goes but doesn’t go. Taken in a different vein, imagine you are helping someone move into their brand new house and you’re standing in the front foyer holding a box. The first question you will ask is “Where do you want this?” They will think for a few seconds and then give you a room

January 13, 2025

Greg Thomas

You’re Gonna Lose… Sometimes

Guaranteed, you will lose. Sometimes it will be a close loss (almost finished to the demo and then a pesky little pixel disrupted the whole thing). Sometimes it will be an epic shutdown on the launch pad that will pull down everything. Other times it might be trying to push things a bit too far and you destroy it all. It’s all a loss – it doesn’t matter whether it’s close or far away – it’s a loss. You won’t always lose, but you will lose. Now, is it worth it to complain about how much you lost by or

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