We’ve all been experiencing the discomfort of the economic recession, especially when it comes to the massive cuts most companies are making with respect to training programs, marketing budgets, and anything that could be perceived as ‘fat’. What’s unfortunate is that most companies don’t realize that now is the time to be investing in building [...]
Yesterday I listened to a philosophy podcast at the gym; it was an interview with William A. Drumin, a professor at King’s College in Pennsylvania. Drumin co-authored a book, Hitchcock and Philosophy: Dial M for Metaphysics that looks at the philosophy behind Hitchock’s films. During the interview they discussed the film, Rear Window a classic [...]
Last week I had the chance to hear Margaret Wheatley speak. It was my first time hearing her speak ‘live’; she had such a calmness and presence around her. For me the thoughts she shared really articulated what I am experiencing in my life. This is her whole presentation. Definitely got me thinking so there’ll [...]
Phil posted an excellent comment on my last blog posting and it was so good it inspired me to write another post! There are two parallel questions in my mind: What types of structures/systems can enable people to express their opinions? What prevents people from expressing themselves? One thing I’ve noticed in my work is [...]
High-performing teams, just like well-functioning societies, are successful because all members actively share their thoughts, opinions and talent. There’s a lot written about teams and organizations that structure themselves to get the diversity of voices/opinions into the conversation to drive innovation and growth. But there’s not much that points the responsibility towards the individuals themselves to make sure their opinion [...]
Last month Rotterdam held its annual International Film Festival. I thought it would be fun to go, so I started to search for films and decided to look at the films whose title started with a Z (my thinking being how could you possibly come up with a film name starting with the letter Z?!). The first film was [...]
This topic came to mind from a recent conversation I had with the branch manager of a global company. She was facing a challenge with her COO; he had requested that certain functions and roles needed to participate in her monthly branch meeting. Now for their other branches the number of people present in the meeting would be around [...]
I was recently having a conversation with some of my teammates at work around what we believe should be done to make our world more sustainable and to reduce xenophobia. My perspective was the following: Sustainability: I believe we should put all our efforts towards redesigning the way we live. By this I mean we need to change our [...]
My last post left a question in my mind; does harmony negate innovation? Innovation is a new way of doing something. I believe you can’t have innovation without having diversity. An interesting article by Margaret Wheatley describes how diversity plays an important role in driving innovation. Of course diversity can generate friction: different perspectives, ways of thinking and behaving which can [...]
Well I feel a little late to finally be joining the blogging world as it seems that everyone has had a blog except me. So why start now? It’s pretty straightforward; I like to share my thoughts/opinions with others, and I enjoy writing and I think blogging will help to keep my creative writing skills fresh. I’ve always kept [...]
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