QAspire

JANUARY 10, 2022

Psychologically safe conversations facilitate people in speaking up, promoting a productive debate, creating space for new ideas to emerge, helping people learn from their failures (and making it safe to fail) and embrace a productive conflict. What do these conversations look like in action?

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Edmondson Learning-by-Doing Environment Reference 110

QAspire

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

A lot of companies think of adaptability through short term measures like overhauling organization structure, changing the product strategy, putting new processes in place or bringing new talent. When we talk about building a sustainable culture, we have to move beyond tactics and address the fundamentals.

Short-term 172

Short-term Tactics McKinsey Long-term 172

QAspire

JULY 31, 2017

If/when this happens, rewards and recognition will be by-products of the pursuit, not the pursuit itself. Then there is no self in the game: self is just a conducive medium for the inspiration to show up in form of work. Also Read at QAspire: All 100 word posts and parables Posts with Doodle Cards. Posts with Sketchnotes.

Goal 187

Goal Productivity Products Creativity 187

QAspire

MARCH 18, 2018

Experience is the product, whatever your business may be. It is, in fact, a by-product of focusing on delivering value. I also loved the emphasis Seth puts on taking responsibility and sharing the credits. Most people stuck in mediocrity approach it the other way around – they want the credit without taking responsibility.

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Godin Open-book Review Innovation 141

QAspire

APRIL 16, 2013

I recently re-read a fantastic book “Peopleware: Productive Projects and Teams” by Tom Demarco and Timothy Lister. The book is filled with hard-won wisdom about executing projects and managing people for highest productivity.

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Project Creativity Books Productivity 182

QAspire

MAY 23, 2019

Real Influence is a By-Product. I strongly believe that influence can never be the goal in itself, but a by-product of doing meaningful work and sharing your journey along the way generously. I am humbled to find a spot in this report for sixth consecutive year.

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Influence Download Report Conference 79

QAspire

MARCH 27, 2011

Across the web, I have recently read articles/posts that underline an important thing – technology is taking a toll on our productivity and is keeping us from doing work that really matters – that is, if we allow. I am not sure if mixing our worlds would help us stay more productive and efficient! I have seen both sides of the coin.

Competitive Advantage 135

Competitive Advantage Godin Bottom-up Advertising 135

QAspire

DECEMBER 10, 2019

It is up to you to carve out your place, to know when to change course, and to keep yourself engaged and productive during a work life that may span some 50 years. “Knowledge workers must, effectively, be their own chief executive officers.

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Self-aware Chief Executive Officer Wiseman Drucker 163

QAspire

JUNE 27, 2022

Tuning into team emotions, fostering productive work relationships, building trust, and building a conducive environment within the team is the constant work of leadership. In the new edition of their book titled “ Team Emotional Intelligence 2.0 ”, Dr.

Emotional Intelligence 91

Emotional Intelligence Team Workshop Construction 91

QAspire

MARCH 10, 2020

But I strongly feel that real influence is a by-product of making meaningful contributions. Aim for contributions, not just metrics. Many people brag about being “influencers”, having thousands of followers or attending tens of conferences a year. Your turn: What lessons have you learned about being social – online and offline?

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Learning-by-Doing Influence Metrics Conference 253

QAspire

JULY 16, 2017

They ran productive meetings. They developed action plans. They took responsibility for decisions. They took responsibility for communicating. They were focused on opportunities rather than problems. They thought and said “we” rather than “I.”. The first two practices gave them the knowledge they needed.

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Drucker Execution Short-term Reference 195

QAspire

MAY 24, 2022

It is a by-product of a passionate and intentional pursuit to make a difference to others. Share to Learn Here is a sketchnote I created in 2018 about how sharing your ideas helps you find your voice, courage to express, develop clarity of thought and build foundation of learning in a community. After all, influence is never a goal in itself.

Influence 91

Influence Download Human Resources Report 91

QAspire

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

A lot of companies think of adaptability through short term measures like overhauling organization structure, changing the product strategy, putting new processes in place or bringing new talent. When we talk about building a sustainable culture, we have to move beyond tactics and address the fundamentals.

Short-term 91

Short-term Tactics McKinsey Long-term 91

QAspire

DECEMBER 11, 2011

The design of the store is flashy with impressive interiors and product arrangement. From selling shoes to writing software, every product has to have a strong “service” layer. In a knowledge/service oriented world, quality of product, environment and infrastructure is just the beginning. People enable this layer.

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Quality Bottom-up Brand Retail 148

QAspire

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

In fact, titles and external validations are only the by-products of the pursuit. Real leadership happens when we are aware of our gifts (given to us), when we hone those gifts in the spirit of serving others, when we find whitespaces (gap between our vision and the current reality) and put our gifts to good use in filling up those gaps.

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Senge Leadership Development Development Leadership 195

QAspire

NOVEMBER 19, 2017

And all the amazing folks I interact with, communities that feed my thinking and opportunities that come my way are only happy by-products of this journey. This journey has allowed me to live some of the five elements of working out loud : being visible, connected, generous, curious and purposeful.

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Simon Document Learning-by-Doing Project 0

QAspire

JUNE 23, 2013

In manufacturing, “touch-time” is when the raw material actually touches the machinery and moves one level up in the production cycle. If you are a sales professional, how much of productive time do you spend on reporting/MIS versus actually talking to a prospect and making a sale?

Bottom-up 120

Bottom-up How To Quality Creativity 120

QAspire

JULY 29, 2018

Mindful Leadership: Productivity and Presence. Related Reading at QAspire: Consume Less, Create More. Creativity: Jane Kenyon’s Wise Words to Live By. Disconnect to Connect. The Privilege of Access.

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Technology Creativity Learning-by-Doing Media 131

QAspire

MARCH 19, 2012

Improvement is not a product. It is process. On the journey to improve constantly, you can never announce that you have arrived because there isn’t a destination. If you get certified against an external standard, that is a milestone which can provide a framework to improve further. Organizations often fall in trap of thinking about [.]

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Process Productivity Products Organization 162

QAspire

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

On Productivity. “…productivity is not about how efficient you are at work. Instead, your productivity is really about how well you are able to make an impact in what matters most to you.”. “Along the journey to making ideas happen, you must reduce the amount of energy you spend on stuff related to your insecurities.”.

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Gantt Chart Bureaucracy Project Long-term 147

QAspire

MAY 20, 2018

In this episode of What’s Next podcast, one of my favorite authors and thinkers Whitney Johnson says, “Not just products, services and companies, the fundamental unit of disruption is an individual.”.

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Deming Innovation Learning-by-Doing Technology 141

QAspire

APRIL 22, 2022

In my experience, outcomes are always a good by-product of enjoying the journey. One of the keys to longevity is to enjoy the process of sharing and connecting with others without worrying about the outcomes. GENEROSITY: Becky says that making meaning and making a difference is impossible without a desire to give to others.

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Audience Media Long-term Commitment 91

QAspire

AUGUST 6, 2013

This recognition for second consecutive year underlines my belief: Excellence is a product of leading people well and every manager, in that sense, is an HR Manager. This year, influence was evaluated with a focus on quality of conversations apart from Twitter statistics.

Media 155

Media Influence Download Talent Management 155

QAspire

MARCH 8, 2015

May be, inefficiencies rooted in how you support your customers after product is delivered. Value stream mapping is a lean tool to identify a series of events right from conception to delivery of product or service. Too often, we think of complete product as a set of completed features. Define what “complete” system means.

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Root Cause Analysis Senge Metrics Software 70

QAspire

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

And I believe it can be as productive as – and even more energizing and fun than – focusing on failure. When we recognize what we did to help generate the positive results, we can replicate the productive steps and even teach others. Success is rarely the product of a one-man show.

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Succession After Action Review Learning-by-Doing Bottom-up 155

QAspire

JANUARY 12, 2015

It starts with a decently working product but you deliver real value to customer when you address implicit expectations. In your quest to deliver a working product fast (and cheap), do not forget that customer still expects you to address the intangible elements of product that are not specified but certainly expected.

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ROI Quality Productivity Products 70

QAspire

APRIL 3, 2018

To rely on mighty platforms (often at the cost of your privacy and ownership of content) or build your own platform – your home base, a blog, a community, a product, an app, whatever and own the content. To just consume mindfully or use what you consume to feed our creation in a way that adds value to yourself and others.

Content 119

Content Advertising Resistance Media 119

QAspire

OCTOBER 28, 2012

Appreciation is a by-product. Focus on inner satisfaction of doing your work in the best possible way and let appreciation be a by-product. Recently when he was asked about the secret of his humility, his response was simple, “I don’t let success, records and adulation go into my head”. Appreciation should catalyze our creativity.

Creativity 160

Creativity Learning-by-Doing Team Productivity 160

QAspire

MAY 7, 2018

Influence of any kind can never be a goal in itself but a by-product of doing, learning and sharing it all along the way. The evaluation was done based on Klout score, LinkedIn , Facebook and Twitte r activity with focus on HR specific topics.

Influence 73

Influence Media Download Report 73

QAspire

APRIL 26, 2012

Your fulfillment will always lie in your creative expression not in its products. Treat them as by-products. Yours is the business of giving and learning. Your work of art may never be complete in your lifetime. In his usual provocative style, Seth Godin urges us not to expect applause.

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Godin Creativity Self-aware Diversity 172

QAspire

AUGUST 31, 2011

If quality of your product/service merely meets/conforms to customer requirements, it is not remarkable, but a basic expectation. Quality has moved beyond the simplistic definitions like “conformance to customer requirements”. That is because everyone else has mastered the art of ‘meeting’ customer’s requirements.

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Quality Definition Process Productivity 151

QAspire

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

In this world of work, more utilization does NOT always equate with more productivity and efficiency. In HBR article “ Six Myths of Product Development ”, authors Stefan Thomke and Donald Reinertsen say -. We need to engage our people to the purpose of our product/organization. We need to share feedback early and often.

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Efficiency Quality Process Productivity 70

QAspire

DECEMBER 29, 2022

The workshop has found relevance in various domains from product design, learning, problem-solving, sense-making, communications, research and academia. Amongst other highlights, I delivered a virtual keynote address at International Sketchnote Camp 2022 held in Sczcecin, Poland.

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Workshop Open-book Consultative Blog 91

QAspire

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Long winded and unfocused conversations in meetings is a waste that costs us our focus and productivity. Over-explanation, too much of context setting and long meetings indicate lack of preparation before communication. For many of us, it is difficult to be brief when we write or talk. In the world of information overload, brevity is a gift.

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How To Constraint Tools Books 91

QAspire

MARCH 26, 2018

What about those who build the products? Larger organizations often fall in the trap of defining customer experience KPI’s only to executive teams, sales, marketing and customer services teams. And those who recruit people? And those in backend operations? And how all of them collaborate to achieve business outcomes?

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Metrics Innovation Globalization Marketing 112

QAspire

JANUARY 20, 2011

Companies are working ways out to deliver more value, people in organizations are evaluated based on value they create and clients seek “value-adds” in products and services they purchase. Eliminating Waste” is the key to a lean and productive organization.

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Directory Restructuring Quality Blog 138

QAspire

MARCH 30, 2022

Consider this story from my own experience: Jay was bright software engineer who was stuck in maintaining a legacy product for over 5 years. That’s because aspiration for growth, unlike career paths (ladders), may not always be linear. One day he approached me (a skip level meeting) requesting a short conversation.

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Sharpe Short-term Attrition Open-book 100