12 hours ago
The Dying Seconds
2 days ago
Learning for the Team
3 days ago
The Flea Market
4 days ago
The Author’s Notes
5 days ago
AI RecursiveTechDebt
6 days ago
The Complaint Department
7 days ago
Hitting your Pace
1 week ago
AI Rest
1 week ago
Trends on Trends
1 week ago
The Bermuda Triangle
The dying seconds are the most exciting because they are the finality of what everyone is counting down to. There is no interpretation of what is dying and what are seconds – they are constants reducing in uniform fashion down to 0. At the end, you either feel amazing, sad, perhaps hoodwinked, but if done right, you know that you gave everything to be there, in that moment. Want more? Check out my book Code Your Way Up – available as an eBook or Paperback on Amazon (CAN and US). I’m also the co-host of the Remotely Prepared podcast.
Learning for the Team
Greg Thomas
When leading a team, there are things you need to learn so your team can have someone to talk to and bounce ideas off of. You don’t need to have all the answers. You are not meant to be an expert. You are meant to be there for your team. You are meant to take that “new” thing you learned, apply everything that you know, and provide an opinion on how they could solve a problem. Sometimes, that’s why you might need to do some learning for your team, even if you’re not the one doing the actual work. Queue …
3 days ago
The Flea Market
Greg Thomas
There is a Flea Market near where I live. Growing up, it was huge, drawing big crowds every weekend, and it was a “thing” to go to it. It’s since shrunk down and gotten shuttled to the side, but it still survived for many years. And now word that it is shutting down completely. There are lots of videos about “amazing finds” at flea markets – I’ve always liked them for the oddities and all the memories you can find when going through old treasures of years gone by. It’s a hard thing to keep going when your climate is …
1 week ago
The Bermuda Triangle
I did not grow up near the sea, but I heard about the Bermuda Triangle – that’s where stuff goes and doesn’t come back – so you never go to the Bermuda Triangle. Good to know. The truth is, a few ships disappeared there that got blown way out of proportion and became sensationalized – then we gave it a cool name and the rest is history. Something might be happening in your organization that no one knows why, so they give it a name, a thought, a concept – and it becomes bigger than it is. And then you …
2 weeks ago
Various Ideas
Take all your ideas. Write them down. Order them. Prioritize what matters to you. Put them front and center in your face. Pick one. And ship. (Don’t stop at putting them in your face, this is the last step before it becomes real, where many stop, pick and go). Want more? Check out my book Code Your Way Up – available as an eBook or Paperback on Amazon (CAN and US). I’m also the co-host of the Remotely Prepared podcast.
2 weeks ago
Too Much To Do
Overload today? Not a bad problem; tomorrow you might not be. What is your “too much,” and someone else’s “too much” might be completely different, and as a result, we have different levels of what being overloaded is. It’s not good to have “Too Much To Do” all the time; that’s a sign you need help, and the team needs to grow. But in the short term, it’s a sign people trust your opinion and thoughts and want to see more from you. Don’t let that opportunity slip away. Want more? Check out my book Code Your Way Up – …