Life Lessons
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Getting used to of the terminology without thinking about it?
All of us fall victim to the terminology trap. We try to get used to of terminology faster to avoid looking dumb in a meeting or discussion. This very fact prevents our thinking. In an interesting article, John Lanchester explains some of the financial terms and their current meaning.‘Hedge Funds’ were supposed to be safer… Continue reading
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Statics and Dynamics of Architecture
While static (systems, applications etc.) elements are important and have a purpose in the enterprise but their value only comes out when they are combined with dynamic elements (integrations, interfaces). Often dynamic elements are much more valuable than the statics. In the human analogy if we consider humans, as static then relationship among humans is… Continue reading
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Don’t underestimate your experience?
A lot of time you underestimate or don’t give a deserved credit to your experience. Because when it comes to bring out a solution in your core area of expertise; often it doesn’t require much of your effort or time. But if you analyse deep down that this low effort swift response has come from your… Continue reading
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Hard work !
I stumbled upon this quote from renowned painter Michelangelo (well he was much more than just a painter, he was a sculptor, painter, architect and poet). He said, “If people knew how hard I had to work to gain my mastery, it would not seem so wonderful at all.” So many times we relate the success… Continue reading
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Observe what people do, not what they say?
A lot of time we try to conclude from the feedback we get from focus groups, consumer insights etc..But what people say in a focus group setting may not be what they actually want. In a landmark study, when Sony was introducing the boom box, the company gathered a group of potential customers and held… Continue reading
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How a good eco-system could turn into a bad eco-system?
Very thought provoking story of Zion National Park, Utah. Zion Canyon first settled by ranchers in 1862. When ranchers abandoned the canyon in 1918 it was established as a national park and became popular among visitors. A large number of visitors scared the wildlife animals like Cougars(Puma), hence the Cougars population started to decline. Since Cougars are… Continue reading
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Poker and Business
Tony Hsieh, founder and CEO of Zappos shares similarities between poker and business and advises what he learned from poker could be applied to business. Some of my favourites from that list are below Marketing and Branding Act weak when strong, act strong when weak. Know when to bluff. Strategy Don’t play games that you… Continue reading
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Gratitude expression
Gratitude is one of the core human value. Each one of us expresses it in different ways. In fact, gratitude is such an implicit part of our culture that we don’t realise that some of our greetings are an expression of gratitude and how deep their meaning is. The most common greeting equivalent to ‘Hello’ in one of the tribes… Continue reading
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Shrink the change to change
Our belief on change often is, that change happens in big leaps and movements, but almost all big changes come from the chunks of small changes. One of the popular technique proposed by Marla Cilley, a home organising guru is “5-Minutes room rescue”. She suggests, get a kitchen timer and set it for 5 minutes. Then… Continue reading
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Is whole greater than the some of its parts?
From early on in mathematics, we learn the whole is the sum of its parts. Not only in maths but we take the same understanding in other domains of learning, too e.g.in complex problem solving we follow the rule of breaking it into simpler, smaller problems and tackle them separately. Though this technique is useful to tackle when… Continue reading
Thinking Space 