Mukesh Gupta's Blog, page 34

Creative Solutions to Complex Problems

Interesting and creative solutions for complex problems usually come from combining interesting insights, information and challenges. I did write about this in the past here, here, here, here and here.  

 

Now, here is another example of a creative solution to complex problem. When you are sleeping alone in a tent in wilderness, the...

Virtual Vs In-Person Meetings

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The current pandemic has definitely changed the way we organize ourselves and our meetings. This large scale experiment has also shown that work from anywhere is a going to be a distinct reality in most of our lives (unless it cant be).

 

This definitely means that we need to rethink the way we function – work, play and mee...

When your coworker does great work, tell their manager

I read this post on my feed and thought this was a very interesting post about recognising one of your co-workers.

 

You can read the entire post here.

 

However, to summarise the post:

 

1.  Ask before you write a glowing email to someone’s manager, if it is ok. There could be many different and valid reasons why someone might not want...

Book Review – Humanocracy by Gary Hamel & Michele Zanini

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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...

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...

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)

Lessons in Leading Transformation

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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 ...

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. ...

Reigniting Growth

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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 ...

Reimagining the IT & ITES Industry

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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....