In Praise of Comprehension and Meaning
February 12th, 2012 // 7:27 pm @ Tanmay // 4 Comments
We live in an “instant” world. People want to do everything instantly, including understanding, comprehension and making sense of something. I remember having attended a strategy meeting where head of the department (call him boss) was explaining a new strategy that none of us had heard about before. He completed explaining and requested the audience [...]
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5 Insights on Creativity from Osho
January 8th, 2012 // 7:17 pm @ Tanmay // 9 Comments
Creativity is at the core of building quality in design. People rarely innovate when they simply follow instructions. This led me to think more about creativity – the act of doing something in an unconventional way, the act of creating something meaningful that changes you and hence the world. Traditionally (in an industrial world), only [...]
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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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Productivity Reminders…
November 7th, 2011 // 4:55 am @ Tanmay // 2 Comments
… For Managers In knowledge world, productivity is hard to quantify. If you try to adopt old “command and control” style of management to drive knowledge workers, they get even less productive. Don’t command, empower. Don’t control, but lead them instead. Understand that knowledge workers cannot always be productive between 9 to 5. They have [...]
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The Importance of “Know Why”?
November 3rd, 2011 // 5:21 am @ Tanmay // One Comment
Knowledge industry, particularly software, is full of people who possess “know-how” – knowledge of how to get something done. Give them a task, and they will be able to apply their technical skills (read ‘know-how’) to accomplish it. A lot of people possess a very sound “know-what” – knowledge of facts, figures and methods. Give [...]
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On “Systems Thinking” and Improvement
October 31st, 2011 // 7:41 am @ Tanmay // 2 Comments
A few years back, when I was struggling with some repetitive/difficult situations at work, one of my seniors (and a good friend) asked me, “Do you know the root cause of your problem?”. He went on to draw a diagram on his notebook, and connected the problem to the other parts of the organizational system. [...]
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Diversity, Group Think and Few Ideas
October 17th, 2011 // 5:42 am @ Tanmay // 2 Comments
Group dynamics in a team is a strong force. People on the team are used to work in a certain way. They always encounter/expect some specific/known behaviors from their colleagues. They have a fortified belief system about how things should be done in the team. There is a specific way of communication and often the [...]
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In Communication, Substance Comes First
August 2nd, 2011 // 7:04 am @ Tanmay // 3 Comments
Services world revolves around communication. In projects/initiatives, knowledge has to be transferred, issues have to discussed and expectations have to be managed. A lot of young professionals I meet want to improve upon their communication skills. A few of them also think that good communication is all about having a great style, good language, impressive [...]
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Effective Management: 5 Critical Skill Areas
July 25th, 2011 // 5:34 am @ Tanmay // 8 Comments
Managing effectively is not just one skill, but a mix of different skills. It is a combination of different kinds of intelligence we have as human beings, which makes it an art and a craft. Have you seen a manager who is highly skilled in technical areas but lacks empathy for others? Or the one [...]
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What Personal Mastery is NOT
July 13th, 2011 // 7:08 am @ Tanmay // 6 Comments
I recently delivered a talk at Ahmedabad Management Association on the topic “Personal Mastery – The Key To Deliver Quality”. It was wonderful speaking in front of an ‘interested’ audience on a cloudy/rainy Friday evening. The talk was very well received. During my talk, I touched upon the changing world of work, new viewpoints on [...]
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