Bye Bye 2014 : Some key events and their lesson

Thanks 2014 for giving us 52 Weeks, 365 Days, 8760 Hours , 525600 Minutes………..You will always in our memory.

2014 is almost gone and added another page in the history books.  2014 has taught us many things and

some key events are as under :

-          Ebola virus epidemic in west Africa in Feb,2014 and it was a real threat to the world.  But we will able to survive.  Thanks to all doctors and Nurses , who really handled this deadly threat to the world.

-          In Feb,14 : Satya Nadella appointed as CEO of world largest software company – Microsoft and this shows that anybody who has the talent and caliber can reached upto the top most post of any corporate.

-          In March ,2014 – Malayasian Airlines Aircraft 370 disappeared and till date, there is no traces found of this flight.  This incident realized us that there are many things we have not done in this very high tech development.

-          On 16^th May,2014 – results of general election of India declared and BJP won a sweeping victory by taking 336 seats and Mr. Narendra Modi elected as Prime minister of India.   First Time in India, A party emerged as single largest party with clear majority after congress.   This shows the power of democracy and proved that one single leader can change the fortune of any party and nation.

-          In June-14- We have witnessed the emergence of ISIS in Iraq and this shows that still , there are some people who are not in the main stream of development and human kind.

-          July ,14 : 2014 FIFA world cup held successfully at Brazil and Germany won the world cup.  This shows that a developing country like Brazil can host a successful Football world cup and Brazil is not only the super power in world football.

-          In Sep,14 : Alibaba IPO has created the history and Jack Ma proved that if you have basics clear , you can run an e-commerce company without knowing much knowledge of IT.

-          In September, 14 – India successfully established its MANGANYAAN  to Mars orbit with a cost of Rs 450 Crore.  This proved that all Space projects are not too costly and success can be achieved in very low cost.

-          In December,14- USA and Cuba announces the resumption of their relation after many years. This incident shows that relations can be improved at any time.

-          Indo Pak duo of Kailash Satyarthi  and Malala Yusuf awarded the highest award of humanity and peace – Peace Noble prize.   This clearly established the fact that good work is always appreciated without borders.

Career Progression Ladder and Requirements Building Block ( CPRB Diagram)

Is Gandhian’s Talisman relevant today ………….

When I was in school, we were used NCERT book and every NCERT book has a special page in which , the Gandhi’s talisman was printed and we used to read it many times.  But I was not so much aware about that what actually Mr. Gandhi wants to say by this talisman.  Years has been gone and yesterday, when my daughter brought a book and when I was flipping the pages of that book, I saw this talisman once again.  I read it again after many years.  I felt very good and I was gone into deep thinking.  Now, somewhere, I felt that I am able to understand the meaning and importance of this talisman.

"I will give you a talisman. Whenever you are in doubt, or when the self becomes too much with you, apply the following test : Recall the face of the poorest and the weakest man [woman] whom you may have seen, and ask yourself, if the step you contemplate is going to be of any use to him [her]. Will he [she] gain anything by it? Will it restore him [her] to a control over his [her] own life and destiny? In other words, will it lead to swaraj [freedom] for the hungry and spiritually starving millions?  Then you will find your doubts and your self melt away."”

Try to read it many times as you can , you feel something is melting  inside you and you will start recalling some incidents of your life and feel it.  

Why I am illustrating this thought in this forum?  This is a big question.  But I feel, this talisman is strongly applicable in this corporate arena.  Think about it and you can feel the importance of this talisman.

This talisman can give you some guidelines to you whenever you are creating or implementing some policies or guidelines across the company and you have to think about the effect of policy to the lowest or bottom leveled employee of your company.  Although , I know, this is not very practical in today’s world but if you really want to make a company people centric and believe people are the best assets and every individual contribute a lot in the progress of the company then you realize the importance of this talisman.

My suggestion :  Read it once , think twice and take the best from it wherever you can. 

Thanks Mr. Reid Hoffman and other team members for creating “ LinkedIn” – A great platform for professional

I don’t know exactly the date when I created my profile on LinkedIn when one of my friend recommended me this website.  He suggested me to open an account to this website to enhance your reach to other professional people around the world. 

But , now, I feel this is really a great platform created by Mr. Reid Hoffman and his team members who brings out their thought in creating this website.  First of all , we all LinkedIn members should thanks to all of them because of their efforts we are connected with each other.

Today , I have more than 4600+ connections and all connections are great in their respective field and I feel humbled with connecting them irrespective of  geographical boundaries ,  ethnicity ,religion.  They are really professionals and like to connect with each other and wish to share their thoughts in this platform.

I have always a passion for writing and always want to do it but I did not find a platform but now , my passion for writing on various topics increases as I know there is an audience or reader available for me. 

When I posted a update  regarding my book of “ Continual Improvement”  , I got a huge response for it.  There are more than 3000+ connections viewed my update.  More than 80+ connections like the update and more than 75+ give their comments and request me to send the soft copy of the same. This is increasing day by day.

I feel very satisfying that people are reading my posts regularly and this gives me motivation to write more and more.

Now, I feel this is my platform where I can share my knowledge which I have acquired in my life.   This feelings force me to write this post to thanks Mr. Reid Hoffman and his team.

This is my wish and suggestions to use this website regularly and keep updating about your professional itinerary and we don’t know where , how, when – we can help each other  in any manner.

And Most important , thanks to all my connections who are connected with me.  Thanks to be the part of my professional family.  Thanks once again and keep reading………..

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.

What do  you think?  Please comment and share …………….

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.