Different Perspective

Reading “Winning” by Jack Welch and his thoughts on differentiation-- the person who introduced this idea, and also implemented it globally. One good point he made and that is clearly missed is before an organization goes this route, they need to have a robust performance appraisal system, that is free from bias. “Here is the background on what i am talking about ” Here are the reasons to hate differentiation and their answers. Most of the companies have embraced this system without actually understanding the strengths and weaknesses in their HR processes. I don’t even think companies look back to see if they are gaining anything implementing it or not. Personally small teams of less than 10-15 people can do away with this. Small teams cannot work if they have a less than average guy, and incase there is someone then it should not need waiting till the appraisal cycle. I have been asked to just implement the normalization curve many a times without anybody wanting to explain me...

A 29 year old Steve Jobs sounds off on philanthropy in an early interview with Playboy . "I'm convinced that to give away a dollar effectively is harder than to make a dollar. "There are some simple reasons for that. One is that in order to learn how to do something well, you have to fail sometimes. In order to fail, there has to be a measurement system. And that's the problem with most philanthropy--there's no measurement system. You give somebody some money to do something and most of the time you can really never measure whether you failed or succeeded in your judgment of that person or his ideas or their implementation. So if you can't succeed or fail, it's really hard to get better." ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For me the measurement is the difference you make to someones life. I don't believe in giving some rs to a roadside beggar, it only encourages beggary, and is no good. But yes follo...

Criticism is something I have been struggling with since a long time. Both in giving and taking criticism. Sometimes I am soft while criticizing others and then found that there was no effect, and sometimes I criticize too harshly on something very small. Criticizm helps people to grow, and is very important. Constructive criticism works like polishing on a rough diamond, but hard polish can break the diamond also. Some people fear criticism, specially managers, who are afraid that it might be seen as a negative trait. It might just make enemies. Those criticized might resign, or spread dissent in team. I feel its a great injustice to your team if you are not sharing criticism and working with one another on those, to build stronger teams and stronger bonds.

Six Very Painful HR Leadership Lessons I Learned From My 360 Feedback — Don’t Make These Same Mistakes… | Success in HR : "’s leader. Even if you don’t deserve it. Even if your name never gets used. You get paid more. You have access to higher-level people in the company. You got there because you have the smarts and can think the big thoughts. The other side of the coin is hanging your team out to dry when things go wrong. If you publicly crucify them for a mistake, they’ll never forgive you. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I found this article really stupid. Though it may look great to newbies, experienced managers would know that this states nothing new, and however ignore the practical problems that managers face. Biggest pain is getting the right feedback...People just don’t give feedback because - They are afraid - u may track and persecute. They don’t care - Most have already lost hope. Don’t want to waste time. So...

N.Korea readies missiles as US, South Korea begin drill - The Economic Times Looks like as US is pulling out of Afghanistan, it is readying itself for next engagement. A big part of US economy is weapons, therefore war happening in some part of the world is important for US to test its weapons, and also sell it to other countries.

Product Management Tip: How to Piss Off Customers : "hout advance warning," This article is good in a way ad it highlights the things we do to screw our product. As we are a product company, doing all this screws our product only....

Piaggio three-seater soon to take on Tata's Nano - The Economic Times : "to Piaggio top executives would be production ready within 3 years. It is expected to hit the Indian market with a approximate price tag of Rs 1.5 lakh. The 2.4m long NT3 initial to be powered by a 200cc capable of offering speeds of up to 60 km/hour and a or 300cc engine (max speed of 80km/hour) that could also have a hybrid variant with possible electric motor in future." Electric cars are the way to go. I m just waiting for some good electric car to come out....