Quote: I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world. -Albert Einstein
The Best Teams Act Like Musicians – 99U Switch Chairs (and Roles) Often “The aggregate personality is really crucial, and it’s something that you have to address with a group culture that is subtle and trusting enough that collective personality will naturally come into being,” Play Your Part “…worrying about the legitimacy of one’s contributions […]
Read More The Best Teams Act Like Musicians24 People, No Managers: Buffer’s “Decision Maker” Experiment.
Read More 24 People, No Managers: Buffer’s “Decision Maker” Experimenthttp://youtu.be/utEUIiYBJn0?hd=1
Scrum Log Jeff Sutherland: Agile Planning – Fighter Pilot Meets Solo Sailor
Read More Sailing and Software Development – InterestingNice blog post of Pair Programming….. Pair Programming Considered Extremely Beneficial Contributor Sat, 17 Mar 2012 20:00:06 GMT
Read More Pair Programming Considered Extremely BeneficialGood talk from Sheena Iyengar, must see Takeaways on Choice Paralysis Remediation: Cut – Less is more. We need more options to be successful might not necessarily be true. Concretize – Make it vivid. More information might not help in choice. What might help if you can see concrete outcomes Categorization – More Categories, fewer choices. Category should mean […]
Read More Choice ParalysisI remember thinking at my first job that 10 people is all it takes to do great product. I was told you do not know enough yet, to grow big we need to scale teams and get more people so that we can deliver more value to customer. Fast forward 12 years, I am reiterating […]
Read More Go Small, Get Big– Interesting read on Small Teams, Big InnovationsInteresting…. Five Common Strategy Mistakes Mistake #1. Confusing marketing with strategy. Mistake #2. Confusing competitive advantage with "what you’re good at." Mistake #3: Pursuing size above all else, because if you’re the biggest, you’ll be more profitable. Mistake #4. Thinking that "growth" or "reaching $1 billion in revenue" is a strategy. Mistake #5. Focusing on […]
Read More Good Read – Five Common Strategy MistakesSMART – We have heard this many times in management presentations and/or have been advised that our goals should adhere to this standard. So what is SMART goal – S – Specific M – Measurable A – Attainable R – Relevant T – Time-bound Also, the goals should answer these questions (W’s) – *Who: Who […]
Read More When SMART is not smart enoughDemocratization of the management. Good example of a company doing it. An interview with Gary Hamel, director of the Management Innovation eXchange and author of the HBR article First, Let’s Fire All the Managers. Download this podcast Fire All the Managers HBR IdeaCast Thu, 17 Nov 2011 23:51:37 GMT
Read More Fire All the Managers–Good PodcastKeeping focus in a Agile Teams is of great significances for success of the project. These three points can definitely help. I particularly love “Monday Vision, Daily Wins, Friday Reflection”…. Agile Results is the name of the system I talk about in Getting Results the Agile Way. It’s a simple time management system for […]
Read More 3 Keys to Agile Results–Interesting Blog PostGood Article…. Apple is undoubtedly the gold standard of today’s tech world. In fact, it’s probably the gold standard of American industry at the moment. Its innovative design, user interface, and ecosystem make it a titan in any category it enters. And it’s clear that Steve Jobs was the reason Apple rose to its current […]
Read More Idolize Bill Gates, Not Steve JobsThis is a good post about why products need to have personality and other interesting observations which apply can be applied to product development. Post from Fred Wilson. Go to this post: Minimum Viable Personality NO BE CHICKEN CHICKEN LIVE IN CAGE. NO CAN HAVE PERSONALITY INSIDE CAGE. LAST STEP IS SMASH CAGE, LIGHT BARN […]
Read More NO BE CHICKEN…Interesting Post from Fred Wilson…Interesting article from HBR on discovery and leadership. It is important that leadership is involved in process of discovery while working on ideas and innovations. It is not enough to participate in the staged reviews The Dangers of Delegating Discovery Scott Anthony Delegation is a necessary survival skill for senior executives. But when executives delegate […]
Read More Interesting Read from HBRTakeaways from Podcast Handshake – Agreement after requirement gathering about vocabulary between subject matter export (SME) and the developer. Concepts to Ponder – Similarity Analysis and Cluster Analysis. Using Rules Engine to mimic customer behaviors. Carl and Richard talk to Loren Goodman from InRule Technologies about rule engines. Loren talks about how rule engines help […]
Read More Interesting Podcast – .Net RocksI came across this post. Very true… As a software developer, I believe the continuous integration is only way to do development. A VC: Continuous Deployment
Read More Big changes create big problems. Little changes create little problems. A case for Continuous DeploymentMy belief is the Technology and Design can solve lots of problems we face in world today. TED is a non-profit promoting this belief. There were some interesting presentations at TED conference link below. What impressed me was the presentation by Pranav Mistry, researcher of the “Sixth Sense” fame. Nice thing to note in this is the […]
Read More TED – Technology, Entertainment and DesignGyaan: 1. Trivial Knowledge (in the overbearing sense) 2. Someone giving gyaan becomes a chupper king Gyaan: Fully integrated knowledge of the Self; the vision of Oneness; awareness of the Self as the only reality.
Read More What is Gyaan!!