A dreaded long pause
I have been living in Nashville for just over 2 years now and someone recently told me that a long silence is a ‘Nashville No’. Why not simply say “No”? It is shorter, simpler...
Category: Business & Sales
Nashville’s Growing…. How about you?
It’s 6:10 AM on Friday and I am driving to meet someone at First Watch in Nashville, TN to discuss some business. The meeting starts in 20 minutes and I am worried I might...
Doing the right thing
Flawless execution of the wrong thing will get you no meaningful outcome, as much as your project may be delivered on time and within budget. Doing things right is critical. But it is more...
BOS – Framework as a Service
Software Engineering is an immature discipline. Late delivery, going over budget, Product not meeting specified requirements, inadequate documentation, lack of standardization, unpredictable maintenance needs and other related problems are common to most software projects....
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...
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...
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...
Engineering Colleges are becoming Mediocracy Havens
An Engineering degree does not make you an Engineer. It is not about a piece of paper. It is about the effort and the learnings that that should have resulted in the conference of...
Stage relevance
An important aspect of the professional skills needed in your work sphere is ‘Stage Relevance’. ‘Stage’ here refers to the stage of the business that you are a part of. Consider an extremely successful...
Gratitude – 5Y|BOS
I was raised in a culture that speaks of 5 attitudes of gratitude (Pancha Yagna in Sanskrit) that should be borne by every person. To God: Daiva Yagna – that gave us everything we...
