CASH - Ca-re & sh-are in Life

When visited home this time , A big concrete water tank was placed out side my home , I noticed my parents keep pouring water into that but no one was using it instead stray animals kept drinking from it time to time. My father told that Cow, bull , buffalo, dogs try to drink from the municipal tap near by but its mostly occupied and people chase animals away so he purchased and placed to keep a separate tank . Knowing nature of my parents , it was not much of surprise that they not only spent money for stray animals but also took it on them to keep refilling the tank throughout the day .

We have spent good amount of time in villages where entire ecosystem of survival is centered around interdependence , interdependence between every thing which is available ( and not only with our human neighbors) , of course religion and faith adds big deal into it . I have always seen my mother taking out first chapati from pan and putting it away for cow , left over from night never went into

dustbin , it was always saved with much effort for dogs or any first animal sought in morning . Lunch and dinner was not the only thing we shared with guest animals , after finishing her morning prayers she always took out handful of grain and spread it on our lawn for house sparrows and pigeons , in city now we dont have a lawn still a very small terrace serves the purpose which is still over crowded in morning with more

than 60 parrots , sparrows and pigeons.

My father used to travel few kilometers across jungles daily to reach to his office and often found injured birds ,Squirrel or other small animals which were bought back to home , cared with utmost dedication , named with love and affection and allowed to run away once they are recovered . Those who can not be saved were missed and remembered in prayers .

Sharing a piece of life did come to my parents from basics of religion but they have extended its meaning because they care , they can not stay ignored if a puppy or even a piglet is in pain. When we moved in the city , I thought all of these activities would end but they managed to continue them without any hiccups. It has been a great learning and I truly believe practicing the same will also bring greater satisfaction

Fall of poster boys

Recent verdict on Rajat Gupta for proven charges of insider trading has shown us another fall of a poster boy of Consulting . After holding many high profile positions in some of the best organisations , he was probably early symbol of rising India in international power playgrounds of boardrooms. It all faded now . Satyam founder Mr Raju also faced a downfall after he confessed of doctoring books of his public listed company. The common factor between both of these poster boys are thier personal greed which didnt have any limit , in fact greed never has any limit.

Both had earned enough and were respected globally for their work and status but this was not enough for them and the next level may have looked some what difficult to achive from just means . Motivation was Quick and heavy gains which also led them to their downfall.

Its only few years when we have seen another poster boy who was not from corporate world but from sports ground fell down from his world winning status to an addict and cheater in relationshio . Tiger wood had all any one can ever imagine , a consistent champion who could not stay away from the temptations of life and created a very tangled net from himself .

All of them had built thier careers on the foundation of hard work , good education and consistent performance but at some point they started deviating from that path . Personal gains , aspirations & temptations took precedence over the discipline and code of conducts . As the satisfaction came by , they started reaching out for more and never stopped till it was too late.

Its true , the harder they come , the harder they fall.
 

Expanding Tricolor

Time has changed and so is the world , We have come a long way from the time when we received our independence . Tricolor of India was designed to unite Indians under one flag and to be used as a common symbol accepted by everyone for a common cause - independence. The associated meaning is eternal and still lives with the legend, different colors for religious importance, growth, Sacrifice and peace . Those were the traits desperately needed during the fight for independence and post that.

All religions have to be united to fight and after the fight is won , India needed to set a fast track for new growth and peaceful coexistence in independent India was very basic right of individuals. In today’s context, I would also like expand essence of Tricolor for new India, An India who is now a leader in Asia , who is considered one of the fastest growing economy across the world and to whom entire world looks up as guiding force in many areas including democracy , Well being , cultural harmony ,Knowledge and Technology.

With 70% of population dependent on Agriculture and heaving huge area covered by greenery, India can be a flag bearer for natural ways of living and promoting organic food, nature conservation and saving the natural resources at a time where Mechanical growth has overshadowed Nature and its importance - that’s the significance of green color.

Our work, passion and interest take us across the borders of states and countries. We live in multicultural global communities and it is of utmost important to show respect and sensitivity to other cultures that’s what white symbol signifies – Cultural integration. White is harmless to any other color, if you add white to green, green will not be harmed. That’s how our integration and sensitivity should be with other cultures so that we never become harmful to someone else's heritage and culture.

Independence is gained from Many sacrifices and that’s what saffron color stands for, In today’s context such precious independence is damaged by corruption and the clear cut message for Leaders , public servants and everyone else will be renunciation of their personal desires, Be at the pinnacle of Moral conduct and ACT in the best interest of society , country and world.

That can be new expanded meaning of Legendary Tricolor - Preserve Nature, Integrate with the world and promote personal and social moral conduct

M2M Imagine

Machine to Machine communication has amazing potential of connecting the world and enabling strong decision making with the help of  collected data , imagine if my fridge can collect all the data as what all items are currently stored inside and what has been missing from regular schedule , how useful this data can be.

It may transfer this data to nearest super market who can then analyse requirement for entire area and organise the inventoy accordingly , subsequently the data will be availble to actual supplier.
In case TV can communicate with the bluetooth enabled fridge then whenever you are watching tv and there is an advertisement of a super market , a pop can appear on the side reminding you that there are certain items for which you may like to place order. If you are an airtel user , TV can remind you for recharge when you are watching air tel add , taking it one step further if same data collected across regions and sent to Airtel , then they would know what percentage of TV audience are already thier customer and what are not.

Similarly the Possibilities with healthcare and patient monitoring are unlimited and very execiting where gadgets attached to patients can communicate with central monitoring systems of health care centers and allow a proactive response.

In last decade this might  not be so realistic but in current and coming decade with bluetooth enabled deviced and sophisticated but standard operaing systems , this and much more M2M can be realised in coming future

Every One is Looking For An Idea

Its not too far when we heard idea of crowdsourcing where a task can be sourced to wisdom of crowd but  now organisations have taken it much beyond .  Instead of tasks nowThey have been doing sourcing ideas  not only inside the organisation but also from almost every one out there.

We always know that its not only our employees but also our customers and vendors who may have much better insight about our products and thier ideas can be game changers . Initially These organisations used to set up join competency and development groups with their prime customers and selected valued vendors . This alliance was managed professionaly with structured governance .

Organisation name and Symbols are only for representation purpose

Gates of their expertise are now openned to the imaginations of entire world , It started with firms like Dell inviting ideas on thier sites to help expert customer provide tips and suggestions to others for resolving issues with thier products.

Ideasourcing has taken a new shape where companies are asking how thier future product should behave , what should be key features . Technology firms like SAP have gathered thousands of ideas from SAP experts across the globe . Product like salesforce are much more Agile in implementing these new ideas to upcoming releases . even FMCG companies like P & G have come up with unique ways to collaborate with thier vendors in new areas , which can create amazing synergies , some one with good idea but no infrastructure and experience can leverage on proven expertise of P & G to materialise his ideas and it will be a win win scenario.

Today  entire world is a fertile land where every one can now plant their ideas and emerging ecosystem of Customer , producer , suppliers will ensure to nurture the best ones .

 

Facebook Friends

So now we have almost entire social circle including friends and families are available in FB . all of them see what we are updating on FB and respond to it , depending on that we have following scenarios

1. Friends who check all the updates by all people - There are very enthusiastic folks who check updates posted by everyone in their circle . Obviously they have internet connectivity across the clock from home / office , school and they are curious about whatever is going around .

2. Friends who check all the updates by selected people : - These are the users interested only in a very close circle which may mostly contain best freinds , Girl friends , boy friends and family members . They are interested in whatever their close ones doing over the net.

3. Friends who check selected the updates by all people :- These users are obviously more interested in topics of discussions than the individuals themselves , they may be interested in their alma mater , native place , a particular organisation , certain hobbies or activities .

4. Friends who check selected the updates by selected people :- These are busy set of users who have interest in limited activities from selected set of people . Such users may belong to middle to high management level or mid career executives who are just balancing the act between family and demanding work environment

Coordination - A key Skill

In some of the projects which heavily involved multiple vendors , it becomes really difficult to coordinate across teams / organisations and get the needed results . I have seen people getting frusrated and escalating things to higher ups mentioning we are not getting support / Response . As we work on these large and complex engagement models , coordination takes the front seat .


I thin it is almost an art to coordinate and get the desired response , People may have different tricks to do it . One of the tricks I have seen is aggressive attack on someone with shifting entire responsbility to him , this almost forces other person to write a fitting reply immediately . As we will agree , this is definitely not the correct way to coordinate and expect response.

I remember one of my manager used to take long time in writing mails , initially I was a bit annoyed but when I helped him in drafting some mails , I realised when he writes an email , he also takes some time thinking whether it will generate some kind of response , if yes then what and for how the discussion will look like further. In shorts he ensured his mails are meaning full with clear message and generate response.

There can not be one way to do this but we all need to find our ways to get going.

Alone but not lonely

Now a days when I step into City center U station of Munich to catch my train for office , the scene is pretty obvious , hundreds of commuters and everyone is looking down at his smart phones with intense concentration . catching up with office emails , checking profile updates , watching movies , browsing through songs , reading e books and what not.


Smartphones have not only given a new power to human fingertips but have also done this with grand style , users just love to see things happning at slightest movement of finger hence quite obsessed with these gadgets . In many cases folks who are standing alone in the platform are involved in various activtities over hand sets and very well connected with their buddies at the other side but whats more funny is even when we are in group , then also standard operating procedure is to stay busy with your phone , stay aloof to the real folks standaing beside you and submerge yourself in virtual world

It seems we have to improvise the old saying "Men is a social animal" , now its "Men is a social networking animal" . Today one wants to be left alone with his smart device and social networking sites and in those sites he is busy connecting with others ignoring real people around him

The Inheritance (Good Vs Bad)

I was wondering what happens when some leader leaves his organization for a new leader to take over , what happens when highly successful organisation like Apple , Microsoft , Infosys changed thier leadership where organisations were doing extremely well , product and service innovation was good and customer and market had lots of trust in the future of organisations .

The new leaders definitely had advantage where most of the things are running on autopilot and all they have to do is to meeti thier customers , take positive feedbacks like "Keep up the good work" and after that they can devote larger chunk of their time creating future vision and exploring new avenues for the organisations and thats exactly what market and customer (and employees) is expecting from them to take the organisation at the next level.

On the extereme opposite side there are desperate cases of leadership changes where existing leader has not been able to control the damage and the organisation is been handed over to a new leader expecting total turn around and exponential improvements.

Most of the time leadership changes will happen when organisation is in crisis , one of the example is Satyam where new leader will have a frustrated customer to face who will not listen to anything , any new plan , ideas . Over that entire market and insudtry will be looking at new leaders with an expectation of miracle . What makes it further difficult to execute plans here is highly demotivated team / employees who are no unsecured and worried about their own future .