In 100 Words: Climbing Molehills Without Sweating
February 22nd, 2013 // 6:44 am @ Tanmay // No Comments
In one of the episodes of American television sitcom “I Love Lucy” Ricky comes home and finds his wife crawling on hands and knees in a determined search for lost earrings. Ricky asks, “You lost your earrings in the living room?” “No,” Lucy replies. “I lost them in the bedroom but the light is much [...]
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In 100 Words: A New Day!
February 3rd, 2013 // 1:57 pm @ Tanmay // No Comments
The dawn breaks, alarm buzzes, eyes open and a bright new day is waiting to be seized; to be lived. The air is fresh and mind, clear. Life seems to be catching its pace again. Yes, there are challenges to be met, agendas to be drawn, priorities to be completed, and lessons to be learned. [...]
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12 Lessons on Life and Leadership From Photography
January 21st, 2013 // 7:36 am @ Tanmay // One Comment
When you take up a new passion, it is so amazing to see how things unfold. Since last few years, I have turned into a photography enthusiast, an avid learner of the art. No, I am not taking any formal photography classes but am learning it by doing in my spare time. You can view [...]
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Social Media and Leadership Success: A Few Parallels
June 4th, 2012 // 5:28 pm @ // One Comment
When I first learned playing Guitar, I focused too much on notes, specifics and techniques. The more I practiced, the more I realized that notes, specifics and techniques are important for producing good music, but not sufficient. So what was missing? The starting point of becoming a good artist is to have an emotion, an [...]
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Effective Meetings: A Round Up
May 15th, 2012 // 7:13 am @ // 2 Comments
I love SCRUM methodology because it focuses on making meetings effective. Focus is on decisions and actions. A quick stand-up meeting everyday to track progress. One of the biggest wastes in any organization are ineffective meetings. I have always believed that meetings (specially with the team) are a great forum to inspire action, instill a [...]
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Food For Thought – April 2012
May 2nd, 2012 // 7:10 pm @ // 2 Comments
From a number of GREAT bloggers and authors I read, here are a few snippets of thought provoking insights – straight from my feed reader. Note: Important take-aways marked in bold+italics. Michael Wade on “What Managers Can Learn from Novelists” “Recognize that life is not a novel. At least, not in most cases. The most [...]
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What We Need The Most in 2012?
January 1st, 2012 // 6:52 pm @ // 5 Comments
Business ecosystem is rapidly changing – and as a student of personal and organizational change, I recently re-read Dr. John Kotter’s book (published in 2008) titled “A Sense of Urgency”. I have read it before and somehow felt the need to read it again. In the book, Dr. Kotter argues that single biggest reason most [...]
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Giving Up On Need To Be ‘Rational Always’
November 15th, 2011 // 5:30 am @ Tanmay // 2 Comments
As we grow, our belief system firms up with notions of what is right and what is wrong. What works and what not. At work, our beliefs further solidify according to the context we work in. Understanding of data, facts and trends is important because it make us “rational”. The problem starts however, when we [...]
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Three Friends, Diverse Stories and One Lesson
September 2nd, 2011 // 6:24 am @ Tanmay // 4 Comments
Three friends meet over the cup of coffee and some nicely made sandwiches. It is a typical “friends meeting” with no specific agenda. They start talking about their lives, how they navigated through their careers, struggled and found their way through. They narrated their personal stories of triumphs, tribulations and a constant inner struggle that [...]
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The Creative (Process) – A Few Thoughts
June 3rd, 2011 // 6:50 am @ Tanmay // 3 Comments
I picked up a conversation with a few friends yesterday on the creative process, and that got me thinking about how inspiration or muse strikes. I have been a “process” guy professionally who also understands/respects the importance of creativity, the sort of creativity that changes the world for better. Our schools teach us “formulas” and [...]
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