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Leadership

  • Are you building a ‘Winchester mystery house’?

    Winchester mystery house is mansion in San Jose which is known for its one of worst architecture work in the history. Sarah Winchester, the widow of gun magnate William Winchester commenced the work on the mansion in 1884 with no master plan in place. She put an army of more than dozen of of carpenters Continue reading

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  • Objective and Key Results – Management Classic

    ‘High Output Management’ by Andy Grove is one of the management classics. Though the first edition was written back in 1983 but key management concepts are still fully applicable. One of the key idea for me in the book is about ‘Objectives and Key Results’. Applying Management by Objectives also called OKRs (Objectives and Key Results) Continue reading

  • Let chaos reign, then rein in chaos

    Quote comes from Andy Grove’s famous management classic book ‘High Output Management’. The quote truly resonated me. As a leader you are expected to deal with the chaos but putting your maximum efforts to create the order from disorder is what makes you a true leader. This is specially true in today’s fast changing business world where Continue reading