From the monthly archives:

September 2009

Relationship between empathy & collaboration

by sravan ankaraju on September 20, 2009

in Execution

Is there relationship between empathy & collaboration? The strongest link is that both qualities involve focusing less on self and more on others. The opposite of collaborative behavior is internally-competitive, command-and-control behavior. This is a form of self absorption. Another form of self absorption is lack of understanding how others feel. Almost everything in business [...]

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Padmasree Warrior, Cisco Systems’ CTO, notes the following predictions in her blog post – Collaboration Networks will be to Enterprises what Social Networks are to Consumers It is not about “on-premise” versus “on-demand”, it will be all about the User Experience Innovation will be redefined by Operational Excellence Organizations without boundaries will drive the next [...]

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Innovation or operational excellence?

by sravan ankaraju on September 6, 2009

in Execution,Innovation

Does Innovation OR Operational Excellence have to be viewed as an either-or proposition for long term success? It’s inconceivable to try to innovate on all corporate priorities without having operational discipline and metrics to manage that. In the current economic downturn, organizations do not have luxury of choosing one versus the other. Collaboration is a [...]

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