Archive for the ‘Organic Performance’ Category

Did you forget to kick the ladder?

Tuesday, January 24th, 2012

Met up with three youngsters in last week’s business clinic workshop – working hard to make their venture successful. They have seen little success in their two year old product development company focused on Agrotech. (more…)

How to know what you don’t know?

Thursday, January 12th, 2012

Johari Window is a wonderful personal effectiveness improvement tool. Since most of the businesses today are people oriented, this can be a very useful guide for business effectiveness improvement as well. (more…)

Intellectual Laziness!

Wednesday, January 11th, 2012

Physical Laziness is easy to recognize, but intellectual laziness tends to be harder to spot and much easier to disguise with randomness and rationalizations it presents. Higher the advancement of human mind and technology, higher is the chance of getting bit by Intellectual Laziness! What a paradox! (more…)

No Pain, No Gain!

Tuesday, January 10th, 2012

Every fitness enthusiast understands and accepts this wholeheartedly. The idea that out of suffering comes a better body, mind and may be increased agility. Ability to stay longer and stronger… (more…)

Defect Normalization!

Sunday, January 8th, 2012

In modern, busy organizations of today, a defect or a problem may be observed so often that it fails to generate a question. Because it is so “normal’ to expect the problem, questions go unasked. (more…)

Challenging Jobs!

Sunday, September 11th, 2011

Challenging Jobs are not for everyone. Rather, not everyone wants a challenging Job! Some of us prefer highly complex and challenging jobs, while many of us prosper in simple, routine work.LARGEVERSION[1]

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Law of Averages!

Saturday, August 13th, 2011

Art of simplicity is generally driven by a set of rules of thumb.. guiding principles.  Purpose is to be focused on the need v/s want.

Some folks make it a habit to apply "the law of averages" in the disguise of practicing simplicity. Averaging is powerful to get a quick sense of "size" of something than the "quality".

It is good to be alarmed by a high average score and use it as a trigger – for the need to go down below to assess the quality – before making a choice….

Technology = Strategy?

Friday, August 5th, 2011

“What’s your approach for customer relationship management?”, we asked our friend Jai who has just started a resort in the outskirts of the city. Moving from a school teacher to a resort owner is quite a commendable shift. (more…)