Happy New Year 2010
Dear Readers, We wish all of you and your families a very happy and prosperous new year 2010 and good times ahead! Copyright: Dilbert
PC to PCC – Is it Inevitable?
Transition from Personal Computer (PC) to Personal Cloud Computing (PCC)- Is the change on its way? It’s my opinion that personal computing is destined for the cloud in coming decades inspite of the fact that there is lot of debate surrounding cloud security and privacy. Here are few reasons for this belief Storing information on traditional PCs / notebooks is secure as long as you do not connect them to internet. In this age of collaboration and social networking, we…
Dilbert’s view on Cloud Computing
Cloud computing is where you can’t get your work done because a service you never heard of has failed somewhere half-way around the world. Now read what Dilbert has to say about it 🙂 Comic Strip Copyright:Dilbert
Is traditional Manager a history?
Today, I happened to pull out historical records of the IT program I am managing for last 3 years at my . While doing some data churning, a unique observation stuck my mind – Till date over 62 people from different units of my company have directly or indirectly reported to me in this program in multiple capacities and at various intervals of time. About 70% of this workforce was out of sight as a result of globalization or virtualization…
Xobni is Inbox – spelled backwards
As a project manager, communications makes up a huge portion of my work and like it or not the bulk of that communications happens through emails. Considering I am spending quantifiable hours every day working with Microsoft Outlook, I was always looking for optimizing my time spent with MS Outlook and about six months back I came across Xobni. Xobni is email add-in for outlook and one of the latest additions in my project management toolkit. This small plug-in has…
Traits of Servant Leadership
“Top down” leadership is the most common, easiest and traditional. I work for a company where it is most prevalent and I always thought it to be the most efficient form of leadership. Lately, I started realizing that there is even more effective form of leadership that can produce the best environment for everyone – The Servant Leadership. A leadership that emphasizes trust, empathy, collaboration and the ethical use of power. Till date, I am searching for a true servant…
Is Twitter Ready for Buy Out?
San Francisco’s hot startup – Twitter just celebrated its third B’day and people have started discussing if it is ready for buyout? Well the answer probably depends on whom you go and ask. I am a firm believer that everything has a price and has a buyer. So Twitter shouldn’t be an exception. Even though the company has not started generating meaningful revenue but it is extremely popular with roughly 8 million unique US users monthly. Though number of unique…
Talent Grooming
A successful leader is the one who believes in his people and makes every attempt to groom them so that they can reach their potential. Here are some of the guru mantras that have helped me groom my team: Believe in your folks before they succeed: If you want your team to reach their potential, you need to believe in them before they become successful and sometimes before you can persuade them to believe in themselves. Though it is much…
The product – YOU!
In most situations in life you need to sell yourself (a.k.a employ your talent). If you are one of those who will raise eyebrows hearing the word ‘sell’ then you will have tough time going-ahead in life. Marketing yourself is not a luxury, it’s has become a necessity now and you better learn this art. Have you ever noticed that experienced salesman always sells himself and the company first. Then he will discuss the product and finally you will hear…