Zero to infinity

Zero Ego Team with
One Goal in Focus, dealing with
Two states, the current and future, uniting
Three stakes (Organization, customer and users) in synergy with
Four pillars (People, Process, Technology and tools) as foundation avoiding
Five dysfunctions and following
Six Rules of Kanban by cultivating
Seven Habits (Stephen R Covey) everyday, won’t need
Eight days a week for a breakthrough, to be in cloud
Nine to reach a state of perfect
Ten that brings out
Infinite Smiles

….. putting it together First and last “Zero Ego Team with Infinite Smiles / Infinite smiles with Zero Ego team”😃😃

Triple Constraints

During one of the lean coffee conversations, couple of years ago, there was a thought that came about using comic strips to codify project scenarios. All of us were trying to share an idea. I came with this idea on triple constraints of a project. Thanks to my favorite Calvin and Hobbes! Let me know your thoughts

When the Leather meets the Timber

When the Leather meets the Timber

…Saying goes …A picture is worth a thousand words.

Dennis Lillie the Complete bowler with his Awesome field formation.

This indeed is worth thousand words and more.

Few words that come to my mind of this great field formation:

Focus, One Team, Self-organized, Cohesion, Courage, Epic, Commitment,

Fail safe environment, Trust, Collectivism

Openness, Psychological safety, Transparency,

Meticulous photography, Leadership, Respect,

Treat to the eyes and mind

I also get reminded of great Dr Goldratt’s TOC Key focus principle of “Subordinate every other decision to the constraint”.

Do you want to add your words / thoughts on this pic!

Flow – Path of Least Resistance

Why theory and practice are different?? Are they really?

Some random conversations from Interesting people

Questions differ but the idea of the questions is strikingly similar!

1.Student :

School taught us Ohm’s law. “Current in a circuit, is directly proportional to its applied voltage and inversely proportional to its resistance.

I = V / R

However, in real life, applying them to get accurate results is challenging, why?

2. Playground (Cricket).

We are thought only the close ups, deep fielding stances . Seeing magical catches at boundary line in IPL matches, they are not taught or mentioned about! Why?

3. Work – estimations / achievements

We factored all scenarios, used hindsight, dependencies, still couldn’t reach target, Why?

One response to all questions. Theories are good. Optimum solutions need to be worked out applying the context by considering the premises!

Beautiful Ohm’s law almost 200 years back by Georg Ohm gave us the fundamental principle of FLOW.

The path of least resistance!

Be it electrical circuits, sport or wok, Flow happens wherever there is least resistance. Ensure Flow, by path of least resistance and it is not about just the formulaic notations!

Create Path of Least resistance and ensure Values Flow !

What do you think?

Excellence is a drive from” Inside” not” Outside.

A gentleman was once visiting a temple under construction. There, he saw a sculptor making an idol of God. He observed, just a few meters away, another identical idol .

Surprised, he asked the sculptor, “Do you need two statutes of the same idol”. “No” said the sculptor.

“We need only one, but the first one got damaged at the last stage”. The gentleman examined the sculpture.

No apparent damage was visible. “Where is the damage” asked the gentleman.

“There is a scratch on the nose of the idol. Replied the Sculptor.

Where are you going to keep the idol”?
“The sculptor replied that it will be placed on a pillar 20 feet high.

When the idol will be 20 feet away from the eyes , who is going to know about the scratch on the nose?” The gentleman asked.

“The sculptor looked at the gentleman, smiled and said, “God knows it and I know it “.

The desire to excel should be exclusive of the fact whether someone appreciates it or not.

Excellence is a drive from” Inside” not” Outside.

Culture is an internal alignment that reflect elevated ethos, not necessarily fetching ‘compliments’ or ‘good scores’

Carving out Values through Pythagorean Logic

Carving out values is a bit blend of Math and Logic. Its easy to add that extra one gold plating in Technical, Process or People dimensions. However with practice and Product knowledge, a focused team with a clear Goal can identify and build great Products.

Pythagorean Logic Values

Zero Ego Team with Infinite Smiles / Infinite smiles with Zero Ego team

Zero Ego Team with One Goal in Focus,

dealing with Two states, the current and future, uniting

Three stakes (Organization, customer and users) in synergy with

Four pillars (People, Process, Technology and tools) as foundation avoiding

Five dysfunctions and following

Six Rules of Kanban by cultivating

Seven Habits (Stephen R Covey) everyday, won’t need

Eight days a week for a breakthrough, to be in cloud

Nine to reach a state of perfect Ten that brings out

Infinite Smiles

….. putting it together First and last “Zero Ego Team with Infinite Smiles / Infinite smiles with Zero Ego team”😃😃

Brian Lara breaks myth of velocity metric

Brian Lara’s greatest performance that busted the myth of velocity metric. March 30, 1999, 21 years back, Brian Lara displayed terrific batting performance considered by Wisden as the second-greatest Test innings of all-time. After many years this story gets remembered by news papers and tabloids.

This third test at Barbados saw Australia leading in run rate in both innings. On the runs per minute both teams are almost equal. West Indies won the test. (Scores image attached) Velocity and burn down did not matter (Run rate and runs per minute),

Brilliant leader Lara, leading from the front worked great partnership with tailenders. Contrary to the common belief of focusing on high Velocity / Productivity which are fallacies, always look for signals that challenge our current understanding.

Taking actions only within the comfort-zone is a wide-spread compromise of the conflict. Identify, Exploit, Subordinate and Elevate the leverage ( CCR- Critically Constrained Resource) to reach the system Goal. Here the CCR is sticking to wickets for maximum time and subordinate to the leadership – Brian Lara.

Awesome Lara and TOC was in action – result – Top most performance in cricketing history.

 

Lean lifts

Lean lifts Muda drags

logic for lean appears magic for mediocre

not only eliminate wastes, reveals an

unfurling path, value flows without wait,

conduit unconfined, upscaling

continuously glued to innovation

product stages disappear as if to reflect

oneness of sea without plurality phenomenon

whether it is the sea or the wave or the water or all in one,

so does product made of lean stature

not being different in concept, construct

and complete. Product, people

and the users revel in reverence.

Lean, not leaner.

Building lively right products

Exams time!

As a Product student, I wish to submit my thought defense on building (right) product.

Goal: Build a bird nest

Scenario 1:

Plan: perfect

Design: Excellent

Built: exactly meeting the dimensions like specifications, material

Longevity: Very long, extending into decades

Environment: Friendly in all environments and weather conditions

Compliance: Gold standards

 

Users    :              Toddlers (temporary) and Museum (permanent)

 

Scenario 2:

Nest built by intuition and caring for the purpose called life

No Planning, design and testing.

Risks: Its susceptible to strong winds and heavy rains

Its goal is to nurture and sustain lives. In fact, after some time, the younger birds go and build their own nests for future generations. They don’t worry about the structure of the nest and how long it will endure.

They simply pass on the spirit of life for generations to follow.

 

Users: Generations after generations

 

Conclusion: Case two is inspirational and recommended for building the Right Product where lives are sustained.

Are we building the right lively products or only building ‘gold’ standard products “right”?

Product professors – do I get a pass in this thought defense?