He is in a hurry. He is late for the meeting, even the next one. Coordinator gave one minute briefing on the decision required. Boss is quick. Asked for the RAG status. A’s the response. ‘Go ahead!’ Came the reply. Team felt happy. Thanked him for the new gesture. A quick, long stretch of beeps echoed.. ‘Hey, wait!’, (more…)
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A group of technical experts with over couple of decades of experience in their fields eagerly went on explaining their work, expertise, issues & challenges to their new manager. There was anxiety, a kind of fear and tentativeness in their approach. They were unsure – did this guy really understand our work? can he appreciate our concerns and truly make any attempt to address some of them??? (more…)
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Check it out for yourself.
Shown below is the set of characteristics that make a change resister!
Dont resist Be the Change Yourself!
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Ideas come cheap, many a times free!
To trivialize an idea just add so what? at the end of every idea.
To take an action just add now what? at the end!
Developing an obsession to action is the key to conversion of great ideas into reality.
Met a guy with over 25 yrs in semiconductor industry busy filing patents almost every other month. Asked him how come he is able to maintain the pace and renewed interest every time he comes with an idea?
He said – My job is to let the world know how good an expert I am, in my field. Only authentic means I have found is patenting my idea!
So True!
It is our job to let others know how good we are! Mostly our actions and associated results stand in our support in this respect.
- Now, What? find and act relentlessly!
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Job Interview!
Enter the first applicant.
You see, we believe in simplicity, frankness and focused approach. So we prefer to have a simple & straight forward test for you as part of selection process.
Sure.
Well, What is three plus two?
Five.
Enter second applicant.
Are you ready for the test?
Yes.
What is three plus two?
Well, whatever boss says it is!
Yes. You guessed it right the second applicant got the job!
Mostly, it is the conventional wisdom/ accepted norm – that comes first!
When pushed to corner, what will you choose-? Orthodoxy or Truth? This defines the true test of character!
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