Humanness is somehow evading the high tech and highly formal workplaces where we see people being treated simply as “resources”. Tom Peters quotes “Philo of Alexandria” in his blog post “A [More or Less] Christmas [and Management] Thought”: “Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a great battle.” Through this quote, Tom delivers a very strong message that compassion towards your […]
A lot of software projects are confronted with quality issues sometime in the project lifecycle. Worst is the case when escalation comes from the customer. My experience so far reveals that when a customer raises a quality escalation, typical approach of a project manager is to initiate rigorous checks and not release the application until […]
Via “Slacker Manager” blog post “The Honor of Humility“ The humbleness of a warrior is not the humbleness of the beggar. The warrior lowers his head to no one, but at the same time, he doesn’t permit anyone to lower his head to him. The beggar, on the other hand, falls to his knees at […]
Success of a project manager largely depends on his ability to make the right connections with his team. A few years back, I had a project manager friend who was handling multiple projects – because of which he was not able to really focus on making connection with his team. Result was a decline in […]
Via Fast Company Blog post “The Future of Work” “People divide their lives into work and play. But a clever few realize that if you pick the right work it ceases to be work and becomes play. The trick is finding something that you are passionate about and then devoting your life to it. This […]
Via post “Learning, Doing and Teaching” on Life 2.0 We Learn… 10%…of What We Read 20%…of What We Hear 30%…of What We See 50%…of What We See and Hear 70%…of What We Discuss With Others 80%…of What We Experience Personally 95%…of What We Teach Others – William Glasser
Power doesn’t come from forcing people to listen to you and coercing them to do what you say (because you have the right title). Nope, real power comes by spreading your passion, giving people a reason to climb your strategic mountaintops and given them permission to shine/grow and Lead Without Title. Be there for people […]
I was about to raise an issue against one of my peers for repeated miscommunications on project with client. I was creating a conflict here – and with an ongoing internal dialogue, I realized that I am not creating a conflict just for the sake of creating a conflict. I need to raise issues/conflicts when something I see […]
Testing can control quality, but cannot assure it. Quality Assurance, as we know, is much more than just applying tests on the projects – its about choosing, customizing and applying a methodology that is best suited to the project considering the project scope, complexity, technical risks and many other parameters involved. When we do QA, we think […]