The Best Teams Act Like Musicians

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 […]

24 People, No Managers: Buffer’s “Decision Maker” Experiment

24 People, No Managers: Buffer’s “Decision Maker” Experiment.

Sailing and Software Development – Interesting

http://youtu.be/utEUIiYBJn0?hd=1

Scrum Log Jeff Sutherland: Agile Planning – Fighter Pilot Meets Solo Sailor

Pair Programming Considered Extremely Beneficial

Nice blog post of Pair Programming….. Pair Programming Considered Extremely Beneficial Contributor Sat, 17 Mar 2012 20:00:06 GMT

Choice Paralysis

Good 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 […]

Go Small, Get Big– Interesting read on Small Teams, Big Innovations

I 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 […]

Good Read – Five Common Strategy Mistakes

Interesting…. 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 […]

When SMART is not smart enough

SMART – 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 […]

Fire All the Managers–Good Podcast

Democratization 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

3 Keys to Agile Results–Interesting Blog Post

Keeping 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 […]

Idolize Bill Gates, Not Steve Jobs

Good 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 […]

NO BE CHICKEN…Interesting Post from Fred Wilson…

This 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 […]

Interesting Read from HBR

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 […]

Interesting Podcast – .Net Rocks

Takeaways 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 […]

Big changes create big problems. Little changes create little problems. A case for Continuous Deployment

I 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

TED – Technology, Entertainment and Design

My 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 […]

What is Gyaan!!

Gyaan: 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.