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July 17, 2020
Book Review – Humanocracy by Gary Hamel & Michele Zanini
Overview:
Gary Hamel has been one of my favorite authors and management guru’s. In his most recent book Humanocracy, he lays out the case against bureaucracy and instead argues that we need to embrace what he calls “Humanocracy” as in build human centric organisations. He chronicles some interesting experiments being done worldwid...
July 16, 2020
Living with Uncertainty
I read this post “Living with Scientific Uncertainty” by Avi Loeb earlier today and was immediately able to relate to the argument that is put forward by him.
In the post, he argues that there is uncertainty all around us, and that doesn’t and shouldn’t stop us from living our lives. While at the same time, we cannot allow this un...
July 12, 2020
When Things Catch On
The truth about ideas that fly is that they gain traction in increments. One story, one believer, one advocate at a time. We earn the right to speak to more people by delighting the first one!
via Bernadette Jiwa (https://t.co/upTiEaDELG?amp=1)
June 9, 2020
Lessons in Leading Transformation
Premise:
We are living in a world where a lot of organisations are being forced to transform the way they operate. As we all know, being forced to change is not a good place to be in. The ability of leaders to lead their organisation through this transformation process will be paramount in enabling their organisations to continue ...
June 3, 2020
Five Theses on Creativity
I recently read an op-ed post by Eric Kaplan for The New York Times titled “Five Theses on Creativity” which made me a bit curious. Isn’t that what op-ed pieces are supposed to do? Well, if yes, then this one did its job for me.
In the post, Eric shares the following five theses on creativity:
1. Creativity makes something new
2. ...
May 26, 2020
Reigniting Growth
Premise:
As we slowly open up the world economy and learn to live with what has turned out to be a once-in-a-lifetime experience, almost all businesses will be looking to figure out a way to grow their businesses as quickly as possible and as fast as the current situation will allow them to grow.
If there is one thing that I have ...
May 13, 2020
Reimagining the IT & ITES Industry
Premise:
As the current crisis unfolds, almost all the countries that have been severely affected would see their governments announce multi-billion relief packages. However, most of these would be for the SME or the MSME sector. Some of the large conglomerates and business houses might still struggle in the short term with cash flow issues, continuing supply chain disruptions, reduced demand for their products, a stagnating top-line and a falling bottom-line....
May 12, 2020
Life Lessons I learnt from the movie “Same Kind of Different as Me”
Premise:
Living in a lockdown comes with its own fringe benefits. You end up watching a lot more movies or reading a lot more books that you would have otherwise watched or read.
One such movie that I watched recently with my family is was Same kind of different as me starring one of my favorite actress Renee Zellweger, Greg Kinnear and Djimon Hounsou in a pivotal role.
The movie is based on a memoir of the same title, written by Ron Hall and Denver...
May 9, 2020
Importance of Taking a Pause, Reflect and Celebrate the Journey
Premise:
The past few weeks of lockdown have had some kind of impact on each and every one of us. Most of the people that I speak to (and believe me, I speak to a lot of people every single day) tell me that they have become busier, more meetings, more work, more calls. Ive seen something similar happen to me as well.
Are you busier now than pre Covid?
This is surprising on many levels. One would expect that the exact opposite to happen. Most businesses are...
May 8, 2020
Thoughts about How to Define and Use Metrics Effectively
Premise:
We live in a world (now more than ever) filled with data. Collecting data, all kinds has become fashionable. What this has also led to is the proliferation of KPIs.
We measure all kinds of things and it has slowly but steadily become common practice to move to pay-for-performance models in every sphere of life including businesses, policing, healthcare, education, non-profits, governments, etc.
The assumption is that if the KPIs are being achieved and...
