When I first read Netflix’s now-iconic culture deck, my reaction wasn’t admiration.It was discomfort; a sharp, almost embarrassing discomfort. Not because the ideas were radical.But because they forced me to confront something I hadn’t questioned deeply enough: Why do so many companies, including some I had worked in, behave as if people cannot be trusted? […]
Category: Business
Forget Job Titles — Agency Is What Makes You a Star
Starting your career is like stepping into a vast, competitive arena. Those early days shape your mindset, determine your trajectory, and influence whether you climb or stay stuck. Two powerful sources — Yoni Rechtman’s Be a Star or a Janitor and Theodore Roosevelt’s iconic Man in the Arena speech — reveal a core truth: success […]
Rules make things efficient not effective
Whenever any process is repeated over time, each transaction and each problem is solved similarly using the same set of assumptions and logic. Over time, they become rules which govern the solution dispensing methodology. But once in a while, a case or a transaction comes which defy the previous cases that have been handled by […]
Successful Organisations innovate constantly
I had previously tried to differentiate between inventors and innovators. (Why Innovators earn more than Inventors?). Now I am trying to focus on the directions in which innovation can be looked upon for succeeding. Because today as such innovation features in mission statements of every major forward-looking organisation’ in the world, but then there are not […]
Queue lines to become shorter
Disney Queue Management, The Next Generation If Disney employs that wristband technology, then I see it being an effective way to improve its ride’s efficiency throughout the park and it can distribute the crowds. They can leverage the data gathered to customize its experience to deliver the most to its customers while opening up a host […]
Pull someone up so he can push you higher up!
Want that promotion you have been eyeing for past few years? Have you ever thought why is it not yours yet? Aren’t you qualified enough? Or is the career of the person occupying that position has hit a plateau, and he is just a hindrance? OK you are qualified and the person at that higher […]
Is Effective Operation Management behind success of Apple?
After reading this article on The Operations Room, which was posted in response to BusinessWeek’ s Apple’s Supply-Chain Secret? Hoard Lasers article, I now am able to understand, how did this company bounce back to write one of the most famous turnaround stories in recent times. And how it is still sustaining at the top. Recently it […]
Nothing Motivates Better than Fear
Motivation and Fear drive this world. These two either in tandem or at crossroads can either work with you or against you to let you lead a successful life. Sometimes even though we are highly motivated to perform a particular task, our fear gets the better of us and we falter at the task. While […]