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2 months ago

Greg Thomas

The Learner’s Journey

The Learner’s Journey starts with knowing nothing. Then they encounter some beginner’s luck and make something happen, possibly even get some praise. So they want to dig in and learn more, get better and stronger, focus more, learn more, maybe even become an expert. And then the hard part starts, they get stuck, they stumble, they realize their growth is plateauing and they need to adjust and twist more. Everyone goes through this, everyone – and when working with those that are on the journey (or if I’m in it), I always equate my growth to how many questions I’m

2 months ago

Greg Thomas

AI is all Flow, no Switch

Conversations about Flow state raged for years – how to get there, how to always be in the zone, how to reduce your context switching so you could stay in it – blogs were built around this topic. AI is always in a state of Flow, it has no context switching, and if it does, it’s not showing up. So the next time you’re in a work call and everyone’s freaking out about AI, remind them that the biggest thing holding your team back is that you still cannot, reliably, get into that flow state.

2 months ago

Greg Thomas

I want to be on a Team that…

This is a good exercise to do with your team. Get them all into a room, or on a call and ask them one question – don’t even ask it, just write it on the board – “I want to be on a Team that…” Your job is not to interject or say anything, your job is simply to write it all down, in as much detail and clarity as possible. “I want to be on a Team that…” And when the lists are written, everywhere on the board the next question to ask them… “What is holding us back?”

2 months ago

Greg Thomas

7 Minutes of Ads…

I had a long drive home yesterday, so I thought I’d listen to a podcast. Found a new one I had downloaded but never listened to an episode of. Then I listened to 7 minutes of ads. Then I stopped listening. The desire to hook a new listener as been replaced with the desire to get a pegcount on their ads.