Making Judgement calls

As leaders, one of the important responsibilities we have is to make decisions and sometimes difficult decisions, when we don’t usually have all the information that we need to make them and one’s that could have a significant impact on us, our teams and the entire business. I’ve written in the past about good decision making here (How to Make Good Decisions) and here (Making Infinitely Better Decisions in Life and In Business) and many more here. The more important a decision tends to be, the less clear the choice seems to be. A lot of times, the options we […]

Living with Uncertainty

I read this post “Living with Scientific Uncertainty” by Avi Loeb earlier today and was immediately able to relate to the argument that is put forward by him.   In the post, he argues that there is uncertainty all around us, and that doesn’t and shouldn’t stop us from living our lives. While at the same time, we cannot allow this uncertainty to control every aspect of our lives.   The impact that the uncertainty around corona virus on our lives is unprecedented in a way. All because we are not certain of when we are exposed to the virus […]

How To Make Good Decisions

One thing that follows us all day around is the need to make decisions. Right from the time we wake up to the time that we go to sleep, we keep making decisions, one after the other. Some of these decisions are simple and don’t impact our lives much, while some of these decisions could have an everlasting impact on not only our lives but also those that live with and around us. We also have learnt from research that There are a lot of biases that are inherent in our thinking and can creep up in our decisions affecting […]

Building Agility – Meta Skill that Organisations Need to Learn #FutureOfWork

One of the key skills that organisations need to learn in a VUCA world is organisational agility. The only way that an organisation can build agility is when the flow of information is quick and as far as possible, unfiltered and bi-directional. It is not enough for leaders to share their visions, plans, strategies and the impact these are having on the business and their customers.. It is as much, if not more critical that they get first hand unfiltered feedback from the people who are at the frontline, employees who are interacting with the customers and partners and vendors.. […]

Personal Focus in a Word for 2015

I read on Mitch Joel’s blog about the concept of 3 words in a year that Chris Brogan started and Mitch and others have made into a tradition. I tried this out last year and decided to go with a single word instead of three – “Transformation”. I must say that this helped me a lot by being my compass in everything that i did and I grew more than I had ever did. You can find my post at the start of the year and my self-appraisal at the end of the year. So, it is time to pick […]