Aristotle had once said, “Humans are social animals”. True, it is our basic nature. We can’t survive outside society. To fulfill our different needs, we have different people in our society? The role based arrangement is well constructed. We deal with colleagues at office while we share our emotions with our friends, families. We need [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Passion’
Product Development : Importance of STOP
Posted By Nitesh Ambuj on June 14th, 2010
To create something new, to create something unique, requires passion. Passion, which can drive us to build remarkable things. Product Development is one of such passionate activities. It requires 100% of your effort, 100% of your zeal, and 100% of your passion. But sometimes when we are passionate we forget to realize the importance of a STOP. We keep on working, improving and adding new things. Our entire focus remains on the product which we start treating like our baby. We don’t like to see a single defect in that product. We don’t like to get a single flow in it. This, in result, increases the complexity. Completion becomes tough. We strive for perfection and that creates a never ending journey.
On a similar note, Getting Real talks about the importance of Done.
Decisions are temporary so make the call and move on
Done. Start to think of it as a magical word. When you get to done it means something’s been accomplished. A decision has been made and you can move on. Done means you’re building momentum.
But wait, what if you screw up and make the wrong call? It’s ok. This isn’t brain surgery, it’s a web app. As we keep saying, you’ll likely have to revisit features and ideas multiple times during the process anyway. No matter how much you plan you’re likely to get half wrong anyway. So don’t do the “paralyis through analysis” thing. That only slows progress and saps morale.
Doing it correctly at first go is important, but strive to make it perfect, adds extra burden. The importance question is – do we really need to make it perfect? Can we ever achieve zero defect stage in our product development life cycle? If not – then why to prolong our normal flow to consummate that extra piece of quality?
When things are looking like a never-ending-process, we need to think. We need to revisit our plan and see whether it is really required to continue? Or, we can consider a logical end and move on. Sometimes, theoretically or rather say emotionally it doesn’t look like a good solution but it actually works. STOP at a logical end and START working on other modules always helps in a long run.
Product Development is a journey which requires STOP n START multiple times. We just need to understand when is the time to call them.
Management Lessons from IPL
Posted By Nitesh Ambuj on April 29th, 2010
In the midst of all the controversies surrounding IPL, there are many transcendent attainments for management students / professionals. There are many virtuoso with ennobling leadership skills. Let’s explore them, manifest them, and exhibit them.
One of such marvelous magnetism was shown by Shane Warne. Leadership is the ability to get extraordinary achievement from ordinary people. When Shane Warne got a team of ordinary players, he had the same thing in his mind. He proved that a leader can make things happen, and make them happen in a BIG way. Rajasthan Royals became the first IPL Champion and the key was the passion of Shane Warne. He portrays the basic rule of success. At the end of the day, It’s not the name but the work that matters. In an intense competition where everybody is relying on reputation – you can concentrate on your work and by-product success, will automatically follow.
Second stupendous charisma to watch was Adam Gilchrist. Jealously is normally treated as a bad feeling to have, but in some proposition it gives a better result. That is exactly what happened with Adam Gilchrist when Shane Warne’s team became a champion of first IPL. The battle of ego, expertise between Shane Warne and Adam Gilchrist has always been a news. You can read about it here, and also here. So, the point here is – in certain scenarios you perform brilliantly because you want to prove yourself better than your competitor. The jealousy can compel you to achieve success.
In a tremendous pressure, there could be only two outcomes, either a diamond will emerge or it could be vanished with no reigns remaining. Fortunately MS Dhoni emerged as a diamond from IPL 3. He proved the notion that if you handle the pressure well, you can achieve the desired results. Expectations can lead into performance. And, the high expectation everybody had with Dhoni was converted into a high performance by mighty Indian Captain. Chennai’s victory in third edition of the league is credited to exceptional leadership skill of MS Dhoni, which blossomed even under formidable pressure.
Along with this, there are many more lessons to learn from masters like Sachin, Kumble, Ganguly. Let’s hope to see some great achievements going further.
