Today is 29th October- A special day for computer Networking

We all are living in the era of computer networking and today, we cannot think to live without it.

This is the day in 1969, when the first ever computer to computer link was established on ARPANET ( Advanced Research Projects Agency Network) in US.

The first message which was transmitted between computers was , “Login” but only the word “ L” and “O” were successfully transmitted from host computer to another computer before crashing of the system but then after one hour, the message is successfully transmitted.

The first message on the ARPANET was sent by UCLA student programmer Charles S Kline at 10:30 pm on October 29, from the campus’ Boelter Hall to the Stanford Research Institute's SDS 940 host computer. 

Another milestone occurred on Nov 22, 1977- The first date where three network transmission took place among SRI International, Menlo Park and University of Southern California via London , England and the network involved ARPANET , the bay area packet radio network and Atlantic Packet Satellite Network.

Rest is History now and we all are connected today because of this day. 

VMAGO - Triangle - A Pictorial representation

Quality ..............Excellence of Actions

There are numbers of definitions given by people of quality  and all are correct as per circumstances and time.

Today , quality is not limited to a word , it becomes an essence of business management.  

For me , quality is  a must tool to survive in this competitive world where there are many offerings in a same row.    So , quality of service or products give an edge to the  company above from the rest.

Quality is actually exceeding the customer’s expectations and converting the expectations into reality.  So , quality can be defined as :

Quality = Customer’s expectations or requirements / Customer’s experience with the products/ service.

 Or Quality is a ratio between Customer’s requirements and actual experience with any service or product.  The ratio lower than 1 , resulting the customer delight and ratio greater than 1 , results customer’s dis-satisfaction.  

 Quality starts right from the beginning from understanding the customer’s requirements to converting them into reality to customer’s experience with the products or service.   Every single activity of an entire process can lead to customer’s dis-satisfaction.

 Quality comes from the excellence of actions – every action whether it is small or big – directly or indirectly involved in the process matters. 

 Quality is a culture and it should be developed in every nook and corner of the company to its length and breadth.  All actions are to be aligned in such a manner that output/ result should be the best and customer’s should not be a satisfied customer- it should be Delighted customer.  A delighted customer’s is the key to a company or organization which has  the “KEY”  to open the locks of market.

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What a management Lesson ? Bundle of green grass and Cows – Small story big Impact……….

Someone shared a video in facebook from youtube.  After seeing this video, I was speechless. Why?

In this video , there was a lady having four cows.  She used to earn the livelihood by selling the milk.  Till that time, it was OK and it is a simple management.

Turning point is : How she generate the second and regular income from her cows ? that is the real story.

This lady was seems very customary lady from any part of India.  In the morning, after milking from her cows she used to carry all her cows in a nearby hindu temple where devotees comes for pray.

Alongwith her cows, she used to carry bundles of green grass from her nearby places free of cost.  Now the real story starts:

She used to sit in a place nearby temple and there is belief in Hinduism that feeding a cow with green grass is a spiritual and noble work  as Hindu worship cows.  ( Business opportunity )

Now, she sells her green grass in small amount to the devotees and devotees easily offer the money for the grass.  Then the devotees offer this green grass to the cows.   Cows happily accept the green grass.  Devotees are happy for their work, cows are happy and the lady earns money for their livelihood. ( Converting the opportunity )

When her bundle of grasses comes to end, she took her cow to their home.  

What a management lesson ?  have you read this story in any book of management ?  This is called business management. 

I am really thankful and hats off to that person who share this video and update us that business management can be learn from anywhere and from anyone.   Business ideas are enormous , only need is – you have to identify them and convert them in real ground.

The conclusion and analysis of this story will be in next post.

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The essential arrows in your quiver to accelerate your professional life …..

Everybody , working in corporate world wants to step up in the ladder of success but few people make it possible. Why ?  Because these people know – how to get success in corporate world ?

There are some basic rule of success which they follow and get the success.  Following are some essential ingredients which can help you to make your career’s dish a tasty one.

Smart work :  Smart work is the key to get success.  Hard work is good but smart work is best because smart work brings you in the limelight and save your lot of time. 

Multi-skilling : Multi-skilling is the new mantra to get success in corporate world.  Mastering in your domain is always good but multi-skilling gives you an extra edge to climb in the ladder of success.

Preparedness in Advance : If your target are falling short , then immediately think out of the solution to recover it because when your boss asked you about the reason of failure , you have the answers and you have also the solutions to recover from it.  Understand your boss’s requirements and expectations.

Avoid Isolation :  Don’t be in isolation in any company and keep always a hawk eye on the happenings around you in the office. Don’t think that anything happened in company does not bother you, but It can.

Knowledge up-dation : Time to time Knowledge up-dation is a must tool to survive in this competitive world of corporate. In whatever field you are, abreast with the changes in your field and keep updating yourself . Be master of your field.

Relationship with peers , seniors and Juniors : Make a professional relations with everybody in the company.  You don’t  know who can help you at any moment of time in the office. Treat everyone with respect and this will help you a lot.

At last but not the least , love and respect your work. 

Explore your wings, sky has the limits ….

A new day , a new Monday and a whole new month begins from today…………………….remember …

Human being is the best creation of the god because it has the thinking ability to segregate good or bad. The brain capacity is endless. Every individual on earth has the enormous potential to do the things. The only need is- She/he has to select the right path to grow in the journey of life.

Everyone is an extraordinary creation of GOD equipped with enormous potential and has the capabilities to do wonders in their life.

My tips for growing in life are as under-

1- Treat yourself as the best creation of God and always say to yourself , “ I am the divine flame.”

2- Be positive and face every flip-flop of life bravely.  Be stoic for good or bad happened in life.

3- Make some Goal for life. Goals can be set as professional goals, personal goals , social goals , Economic Goals and Spiritual Goals.

4- Start day dreaming and think big. Treat every day is a new day for the beginning.  Every day is a good day to be alive whether the sun is   shining  or not.

5- Be ready to face the challenge of life. Always accept the results as it is and again ready to do your best.

6- Keep yourself motivated.  Nobody can force you to do the things which are not liked by you until you are not giving your consent to it.

7- Think that you came alone in the world and you have to perform alone. Always believe in yourself and your abilities.

8- Create a difference in your activity and try to give your cent percent to every activity.

9- Learn new things everyday.

10- Enjoy life as it comes and see the every happening of life in a childish manner.

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Business Excellence – A key to get success in today’s competitive world ………

Business Excellence is a very broad term used in today’s corporate world.  But most of the people misunderstand it as – Business excellence is only limited to  increasing the profit or making a quality product. 

Business excellence concept is emerged on late 80’s when the quality management systems are introduced in the industry.  Till late 90’s it was limited upto product quality by applying some basic rules of quality management systems principles.

I am practicing the quality management system in different industries for last 14 years and I strongly believe that quality management system is a part of Business Excellence which guides an organization to get success in the business. ISO 9001 QMS provide a strong methodology as PDCA ( Plan Do Check Act ) which was also known as Deming cycle.   These four steps are to be regularly monitored and action to be taken timely to get your business in track.   Keep a hawk eye to sense the changes in the market and try to make your customer a delighted customer.

Business Excellence starts from the inception of the company by deriving the vision, mission and goals of the company and it covers every nook & corner of the company and its execution to its accomplishment.

To get success in business , you have to align all the activities- minor or major  to a definite direction.  Every person/ resources  involved in your business process to be taken in your business excellence program.  There are several model available for business excellence but the key is :  every single activity of a business process is equally important and these to be treated with equal weightage . Treat your people as your best asset, develop and motivate them to use of their full potential  and make them an integral part of the organization.

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Success is perfect synchronization of Mind , Soul and Body

To get the success in any work , a perfect synchronization of Mind , soul and body required.  Mind ignites the thought , soul cultivates it and body do the rest of things to align it.  In another words, mind directs our body and soul gives the required push of motivation to accomplish the task with the help of body. These three things decide the fate of any individual and success is a degree to which these three things synchronized in what level.

So , keeping fit these three things is a must.  Mind to be kept always constructive.  Good and positive thoughts in mind can do wonders for you and these are the diet for mind.  Positivity keeps you soul alive and body is just the prop for the mind and soul.

Keep your body fit by exercise & yoga and eat good foods  , so that it can help the mind and soul any time.

What do the mind and soul decides, our body works in that direction.  So, to get success in life – these three things to be keep alive every time. 

What is your Blood Group ? Every person should know about this.

Whenever we go to our Doctor, they usually ask about our blood group or even in our some important ID cards, We mention our blood group. Thanks to Karl Landsteiner of Austria who was awarded Nobel Prize in 1930 for his excellent contribution in Physiology for their discovery of human blood groups.

Because of this great medical professional , today we are able to know our blood group as A,B,AB and O.

There are 8 Blood Groups - A+, A-, B+,B-, AB+, AB-, O+, O- and the +/- depends on Rh factor. Rh factor found on the red blood cell's surface. This is also an antigen and those who have it are called Rh+. Those who haven't are called Rh-. This Rh factor decides the +/-.

Interesting and useful things to know about Blood group
-AB can give blood to AB but receive from AB,A,B and O
-A can receive from A & O but can give to A and AB
-B can receive from B & O but can give only to B & AB.
-O can receive only from O but can give to all. O is known as universal donor but unfortunately can receive from Only O.

Suggestive diet charts as per blood group-

A Blood Group Holder- They should try eat fruits and vegetables and avoid the dairy products.
B Blood Group Holder - They should try to eat balanced diet which includes fruits and vegetables, grains, fish, dairy, meat etc.
AB Blood group holder - They should try to eat vegetarian diet and can go for dairy and non-veg diet once in a while.
O Blood group holder- They should try to eat the high protein diet

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What is Brainstorming and how it should be conducted ?

Brainstorming is an excellent technique of developing many creative solutions to a complex problem. It works by focusing on a problem, and then coming up with  many radical solutions to it. Ideas should deliberately be pragmatic or non-pragmatic , and should be developed as fast as possible. Brainstorming is a lateral thinking process - it is designed to help you break out of your thinking patterns into new ways of looking at things.

Call all the participants in a conference room and arrange a “ Brainstorming” session with a clear problem.

It can be defined as “ A brain storming activity that is well executed should result in some very unusual ideas that is the underlying purpose for resolving the given problem.”

Some points must remember during the brainstorming session –

• During brainstorming sessions there should be no criticism of ideas - you are trying to open possibilities and break down wrong assumptions about the limits of the problem. Judgment and analysis at this stage will stunt idea generation.

• Ideas should only be evaluated once the brainstorming session has finished - you can then explore solutions further using conventional approaches.

• Define the problem you want solved clearly, and lay out any criteria to be met.

• Keep the session focused on the problem and try to avoid the biasedness.

• Ensure that no-one criticizes or evaluates ideas during the session. Criticism introduces an element of risk for group members when putting forward an idea. This stifles creativity and cripples the free running nature of a good brainstorming session.

• Encourage an enthusiastic, uncritical attitude among members of the group. Try to get everyone to contribute and develop ideas, including the quietest members of the group and don’t ignore the suggestion of any member whether he is technical or non-technical.

• Let people have fun brainstorming. Encourage them to come up with as many ideas as possible, from solidly practical ones to wildly impractical ones. Welcome creativity.

• Ensure that no train of thought is followed for too long

• Encourage people to develop other people's ideas, or to use other ideas to create new ones

• Appoint one person to note down ideas that come out of the session. A good way of doing this is to use a flip chart. This should be studied and evaluated after the session. Brainstorming can give you some radical solution to any complex problem and it is very effective technique , management is using to take the best use of it to extract the best from the possible or available resources.

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Our Five Minutes can take us in another horizon of personal excellence ...

We all are always in hurry and not able to judge our self. This creates the problem and frustration within ourselves. Life is as simple as you can live it. All depends on us and nobody is responsible to make our life miserable and frustrated.

All the problem begins from our mind and our approach towards our life. Here I am going to give you some tips to improve your life to make it more better and more beautiful.

-Treat everyday as your last day. Once you adopt this kind of approach you will definitely do the best things in the day to remember you as a very good human being. Promise yourself as you are going to make this day – a great day.
-Plan your day at the morning and stick with it. Every single moments counts from your life.
-Keep a very positive frame of mind and accept everything in a positive note and believe that every happening whether it is good or bad comes under your way because of GOD wish.
-Repeat the sentence five time in the morning , “ I am more than I appear to be, the world power and strengths rest inside me.” You feel the energy within you and it will keep you self-motivated.
-Recall your whole day in night and focus on those issues where you need to improve yourself and congrats yourself where you done the best.
-Do your work at your best potential and treat every work comes in your way because your have the caliber and potential to do the work. That why it came to you.
-Respect yourself and go to the mirror and say some positive words to you. It will give you a new kind of energy.
-Learn from every criticism and failure because these are not for cracking you but these are there to improve you. These are lesson for the life.
-Set the targets for you and divide your goals into four categories – Personal goals, professional goals , spiritual goals and health goals. Note down all your goals, read them once in the morning and read once again at the night. After some time, your all activities automatically align with your goals.
At last but not the least, “ You will always remember by your deeds, behavior only.”
Apply these rules in your life. You can see the changes in you life and if this can change your life a little bit, pass this blog to all your friends.
Keep reading , I will be back with some another topic to improve our knowledge and life......

What is difference between Precision and Accuracy ?

For any ordinary man , both the terms are equivalent but for those have an analytical brain, both the terms are very different.
Accuracy is actually closeness of agreement between observed value and known reference standard. In mathematical or statistical terms , it is also known as the central tendency which can be calculated as mean, mode and median.

But precision is the measure of dispersion between several individual observations of relevant quality characteristics. Precision describes consistency of the process and it is calculated by range and Standard deviation.

Little bit confuse? Let me explain......

Suppose you are an archer or a shooter and you have to hit a target or a circle. If your bullets or arrow are not hitting the exact target but all the bullets or arrows are just hitting outside the target but all are in a same portion , it means you are précised on the target but if your bullets or arrows are near by target but all are scattered into different direction of the target , it is accuracy. if you hit the target, It is accurate and précised.

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