Levels of Communication

First of all, I hope everyone who reads this finds themselves, their families, friends and work colleagues safe, healthy and well. There are so many topics and themes to talk about these days and I find it challenging to determine which topic is best to write about this week, as I have had many interactions […]

The best time to plant a tree was 10 years ago, the second best time to plant a tree is today

First of all, I hope you, your families, friends and colleagues are healthy and doing as well as possible. At the risk of getting overloaded with yet another Coronavirus article, here is a Harvard Business School article – ‘How Chinese Companies Have Responded to Coronavirus’. https://hbr.org/2020/03/how-chinese-companies-have-responded-to-coronavirus?cid=HBR_Coronavirus_Business_Leaders_03122020 The article highlights 12 business lessons on how Chinese […]

‘I have a dream, not I have a plan’

What inspired me this week – The Why? This week I spent some time doing some work with one of my mentors. I am constantly impressed by how hard he works, how he is constantly learning and how he sees things that I just do not see. But the most impressive trait that inspires me […]

We all have drunk from the wells other have built

I recently read a piece of research titled, ‘Historical Roots of Agile Methods: Where did “Agile Thinking” come from?’, by Noura Abbas, Andrew M Gravell and Gary B Willis – University of Southampton (https://www.researchgate.net/publication/39996418_Historical_Roots_of_Agile_Methods_Where_Did_Agile_Thinking_Come_From) For anyone interested in agile thinking and methods, and especially for anyone who is not familiar with this thinking, I highly […]

excuses

If you have not seen the HBO documentary titled ‘The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley’, you need to watch it (https://www.hbo.com/documentaries/the-inventor-out-for-blood-in-silicon-valley). The story is about Elizabeth Holmes (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Holmes) and her rise and fall in Silicon Valley due to her ‘deception’. I watched the show a number of years ago and it has stayed […]

Kindness can be the greatest gift that you can give a person. Especially when they are not expecting it.

Thank you Mark Friedman and Howie Cohen On January 28th, I had a phone call with Mark Friedman, Ph.D., an executive coach. The call was scheduled for 45-60 minutes but we ended up speaking for 2-hours. He not only gave me 2-hours of his own time, but he also gave me some great guidance and […]

Dare Greatly, Teddy Roosevelt

It is not the critic who counts; The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, Who strive Los valiantly; Who errs, who comes short again and again; Who knows great enthusiasms; Who spends himself in a worthy cause; Who at the best knows in the end The triumph of high achievement, […]

When was the last time you tried something new?

A couple of years ago, I signed up for my first sprint triathlon which took place 6-months after I signed up. I know I will not have much trouble with the cycling or running sections (it may not look pretty but I will get through it) but it is the swimming section that concerns me […]

Practice, practice, practice

With winter upon us, people getting ready to receive EoY feedback and new resolutions in the works, it is time for each of us to decide how we want to change, improve and/or start afresh. As you think about the changes, improvements or just fresh ‘restarts’ you want to make, do not forget the value […]

One of the deep secrets of life is that all that is really worth doing is what we do for others – Lewis Carroll

Even when one is going through their own challenges, it feels great to do something for others. #thoughtfortheweek