By Deepa
From the rapid changes in the way business is done to the new skill sets that are being required, never before has so much been asked from us as individuals, as employees, as entrepreneurs, as parents and as teachers. Familiar boundaries are vanishing; new ones are being drawn only to be erased before we have […]
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I was reading Subroto Bagchi?s Co-Founder and CEO of Mindtree Consulting article on the bosses who influenced him in last month?s issue of Business World. Some lessons from the article that stayed with me: “A job is never dull or interesting. People make it dull or interesting. A job is never stupid or strategic; it […]
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From my current newsletter: What are the leaders doing? Listening, responding and collaborating with external groups: customers, partners and even competitors. Taco Bell sought out the feedback of about 10,200 participants to choose from various categories of fixings to create a hot selling burrito. To the shock of the dieticians at Taco Bell, instead of […]
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As an entrepreneur trying to build a business of lasting value, stories of courage and persistence always inspire me. Here are two quotes from the recent books I have been reading: From “Feynman’s Rainbow: A Search for Beauty in Physics and in Life” by Leonard Mlodinow “For example, neither you nor I have muscles that […]
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Excerpts from Robert Fritz’s Interview that he graciously agreed to do with me. Deepa: Could you share with the readers the work you have been doing at Blue Shields, where you have enabled a well motivated change and helped change the underlying structures? Robert Fritz: We?ve been working with Blue Shields for last four years. […]
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Here is what I think would be the top six dominating challenges for organizations in the year 2005 and beyond: Innovation Ethics and Integrity Outsourcing Multi-cultural and Multi-location groups Work-place demographics and lifestyle expectations: free agents, tech generation, baby boomers Networking tools: Impact on learning and collaboration To read more about the last three issues, […]
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One of the books on creativity that made a profound impact on me was Robert Fritz’s book, ?The path of Least Resistance?. This is what Peter Senge of The Fifth Discipline fame says of Robert Fritz ?? is without a doubt one of the most original thinkers today on the creative process in business, the […]
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Robert Fritz is conducting workshops on “Fundamentals of Structural Thinking” (FST) in Singapore (for the first time ever in Asia!) from February 22 to February 25, 2005. The workshops are being organized by Mind Sports Organization, a learning events company based in Singapore. The details of the programmes can be seen here If you wish […]
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To continue from the previous post: Neil’s observations on change,people’s response to it and the inherent issues associated with implementing change: Ok, so I got a few things wrong too ? or simply chose to ignore what I already knew well from having worked on dozens of innovations in consumer electronics and office systems over […]
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When I first read about Gate 3 WorkClub, I was drawn to the colourful, well lit work space. I thought the concept was brilliant, thoughtfully designed for the New Age worker! Heath Row describes Gate 3 eloquently in his post, ? Gate 3 is absolutely wonderful: an open, well-lit, colorful workspace peppered with different work […]