Software Engineering: Expectations mis-match
I once had a “Sr. Principal Engineer” that was moved to my team as part of a large merger and team reshuffle. She had over 25 years of experience. My first line of approach...
Monthly Archive: March 2018
Fear of failure
It only has to work once. It is not about the number of attempts! Failure is what enables learning. As a 10 month old baby, you probably fell down every time you tried to...
Industry standards and you
How many of you have quoted or heard others giving you the so-called “industry standards”? Is it not strange that the quoted “industry standard”, always seems to be in absolute practice outside your specific...
Instinct
Universe has bestowed every organism with instinct: the innate ability to sense and respond to external stimuli. Your instinct can often predict eventual outcomes faster than your intellect can compute with logic and reason....
Only until…
It’s only until you wear someone else’s shoes that you feel that your situation is uncomfortable. It’s only until you see the suffering in the world that you feel sorry for yourself. It’s only...
Are you being fair?
You push back. You argue. It’s but natural! How soon or otherwise you choose to give in, depends on who you are dealing with. If it’s your junior or someone you feel you can...
The Challenge of Leadership
If you have been in a position of leadership in situations where you have had to deal with varying expectations needing to be reconciled in the interest of the whole for a certain span...
The dichotomy of leadership
As a leader, you may find yourself in situations where your decisions taken for the benefit of the whole might seem unfavorable to some. Your most well-intentioned moves, may come across as being contrary...
Earnings Vs Money
Money is about the only earning that most of us have come to recognize. It is the only earning that we look to make and value. Spend it and it is gone! You must...
Theatrics Vs Productivity
Theatrics can get you only so far. Those about you quickly decipher drama from true progress. True progress can only be impacted by genuine effort coupled with knowledge and skill. It’s a factor of...
