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AUGUST 30, 2016

Most re-organization efforts either focus on hard stuff (processes, strategy, structure, KPI’s) or on soft stuff (culture, values, relationships, feelings). I have seen very few reorganization efforts in my career that are focused on the most important aspect of how value is delivered to customers: Simplicity. Simplicity stems from decentralization of power. “ New Power ” as they call it, is all about empowering people, creating conducive ecosystems for performance, learning collectively and enc

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AUGUST 21, 2016

When I started this blog in April 2006, little did I understand about how a community works. I would write posts each week only to be read by my immediate colleagues and friends. Till a point when I learned that, “conversation and sharing is the currency of a social community”. I started following many other blogs, take the conversation forward through comments and share along good stuff.

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QAspire

AUGUST 15, 2016

“A good starting point for embedding reflection into daily workflow is to approach the practice at two levels; individual reflection, and then reflection with colleagues and team members. Reflective practice itself doesn’t ‘just happen’. It is a learned process. It requires some degree of self-awareness and the ability to critically evaluate experiences, actions and results.”. – The Power of Reflection in an Ever-Changing World , Charles Jennings.

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QAspire

AUGUST 25, 2016

Image Source: Unknown. Friday Five is a new weekly series at QAspire where I curate five articles (with excerpts)/quotes/tweets/visuals shared on my personal learning network each week that I found particularly useful, and hopefully you will find some of them valuable too! This edition features insights on motivation, leadership, future of work and the multidisciplinary mindset.

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AUGUST 19, 2016

Introducing a new series on this blog – Friday Five – where I will curate five articles (with excerpts)/quotes/tweets shared on my personal learning network each week that I found particularly useful, and hopefully you will find some of them valuable too! Noam Chomsky on The Purpose of Education. “In the colleges, in the schools, do you train for passing tests, or do you train for creative inquiry?”.

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