Will ‘Fostering the culture of innovation’ training help in my personal and work life ?

Will ‘Fostering the culture of innovation’ training help in my personal and work life ?

Encouraging the culture of Innovation in an organization is significant progress and training their leaders is essential.  My prospects towards the training was more of new ideas and changes to be discussed. However, it covered aspects such as steps to bring in new ideas, implement and bring in changes within the culture without disrupting it.

In both personal and professional life, the challenges could be identified from Pain, wave and waste.

Identification of right challenges becomes the foremost step to find the path for a solution.

The following step would be to find the champion to support in resolving the challenge.

The assumptions must be questioned since there might be a solution residing in it.   

The case studies that were shared in the training about IBM and Vietnam Malnutrition aided in understating the approach that could be taken for any of the challenges.

Change in perception would also generate new ideas and arrive at a solution for a challenge.

Listening to a problem statement will create a different aspect to the problem there by arriving to take a different approach.

Changing from monotonous work to a desired one can be achieved in devoting one day time to understand the challenges and explore on the solutions.

Creativity for solution is not compulsory since the seed of the solution lies within the problem itself.

All that being recollected and digested, Iam assured that this training would benefit me in both personal and work life to solve the challenges.

Sinahavalokan :Good to follow in our day to day Life

Sinhavalokan, is a sanskrit word. When I learnt about the word for the first time, it seemed very deep and strong to understand. according to Indian literature works, the practice of Sinhvalokan was followed by our ancestors. When I got to know the meaning of it from my mother in the form of a small narration, I could see that most of us already are following this in our day to day life.

The word means that Lion, "Simha", while moving forward takes a glimpse of the path it has walked so far by turning back. This it does now and then while walking ahead. Okay, thats the narrative meaning of the sanskrit word. Actual Literal meaning would be RETROSPECTION.

We in a way or the other do this. If we talk about our childhood., we were suppose to take several tests before the  final exam. Here we are retrospecting the lessons learnt through out the year before the final exam. This thought process made me think, should we follow this in work place more frequently to improve the quality of the deliverables/process followed? Luckily in our organisation, yes, we do follow this in the Engineering developemnt cycles.
The next question in, my mind was, what do we need to retrospect? Should we appreciate the postive outcomes  or do we need to look at the negative aspects for correction?
Appreciating the Positive outcomes can give us an encouragement to move forward. Looking back at the unresolved issues can give us a notification to be alert on the issue raised. This process can also make us notice the points

• where the scope of improvement exists 
• review the improvement process for deliverables/process. 
• Know where we stand now in terms of deliverables/process.
• Are there questions raised on what is followed.
• Is there a place which requires an immiediate attention.  

The practice of this throughout all the functional units of the organisation, from lower functional unit to the higher levels, can create a better organisational practices..

How can we successful all the time?

Every human being born as a winner and a leader. The fact is, one sperm leading out of 7 million sperms reach the womb. That’s nothing but you and me, we born into this world. By birth, we lead and win out of 7 million competitors. We born and come as a leader into this world.

Then, where those leadership qualities gone? The challenge after we born, we are conditioned from our mother’s womb. Our father says, Engineer is on the way, Uncle says Doctor is on the way, the list goes on. We like it or don’t like it, everyone surrounding will start conditioning us. Parents, teachers, friends, family, neighbors, society, the list goes on. Then, we started assuming ourselves, what other says about us. That’s how the mind built with limitations & conditions and slowly we accept ourselves as the limitations of those.

Just take a minute to think consciously. What all are the dusts we allowed ourselves to put on us. You can’t be leader, you can only do this much, you can’t do that…etc etc. These all are just the thoughts of others. Not the facts. You can be successful as one thought. You are going to fail is just another thought. It’s all about which thought we want to feed to grow? It’s up to us.

In my perspective, couple of behaviors or factors which made us to fail to become a successful person,

•           Laziness
•           Procrastination
•           Fear of failure

If we can come out of those, we can do whatever we want to do in our life. Next time, when we are avoiding doing something, ask the question consciously, because of the above factors am I not doing now, then consciously break that pattern and do it immediately. We challenge ourselves with the thought I want to do it because I want to break the laziness, or I want to break the procrastination. Whatever can be the result, let it be. I am not seriously bother about the result, but I want to enjoy the process of doing. Tomorrow whatever happen, let it happen and its going to be another experience in my life. Just keep these thoughts always top our of mind.

My master provides me a mantra to succeed anything and I am sharing it here,

The mantra is, if you want to succeed anything, you have to focus on only two things,

•           What is the environment to be created and
•           What is the process to be followed?

For example, If we want to cook the rice what do we supposed to do?

Step-1: Take a pot

Step-2: Put a choked rice

Step-3: Water it

Step-4: lit the fire

Step-5: Wait for sometime

Step-6: Now the cooked rice is ready

In the above, we just create the environment with required ingredients and follow the process from Step-1 to Step-6. That’s all. Everything happened naturally. It’s all about to gain the knowledge of the universal laws about what the environment to be created and what the process to be followed. That’s all and that’s simple.

So, always be a successful person is a simple process.  

Impossible is not a fact, it’s just a thought.

“You can” also a thought & “You can’t” also a thought. So, consciously come out of the limitations of our mind and attain your desires whatever it can be. Success is always yours. All the very best!!!

                                                                                             With Infinite Love,

                                                                                                    Ribai. N

Breakthroughs and Inner resistance

Our life is divided into two halves, one lived and one unlived!

In the unlived life, notice how many of us want to start going for a walk/jog everyday, but end up giving up after few days. Some start diet plans to be given up soon. Some want to be painters, some want to learn a music instrument and some want to start a business, but their want just remains a wish!! What stops us is what I call as Inner resistance.

In the lived life, notice how many of us learned to ride a bicycle even after falling for many times. How at times we have overcame barriers and achieved what we had set to achieve, be it a financial goal of buying a house, securing our children's future or a personal goal of completing a marathon or weight loss. This achievement which we have got overcoming internal or external barriers is what I call as breakthroughs!

Characteristics of a Breakthrough

• One feels alive and feels life is worth living
• Actions are natural
• A positive mindset, Mind is still and clear (clarity)
• You feel connected to the world and people

Characteristics of Inner resistance

• It is internal and not external
• Procrastination is often associated with Inner resistance
• Pulls one down - especially emotionally
• Has lot of negativity
• Stories emerge justifying the resistance
• Mind is a mess and one goes into depression

Question that I am putting for us is to explore,
whether right now at this moment, are we aware (and not focused) of our Inner resistances and whether are we living our possibilities to achieve breakthroughs?

Am I expecting too much from Others

I have my own expectations in my both personal & official life.

I am expecting the perfection from people around me on each & every work they do. I am expecting everything they do need to be flawless but most of the time people around me think that I am expecting more & more perfection for each work they do. My thought is not to screw their happiness just wanted to ensure that whatever they do should be 100% satisfied for them.

People should start the work with an intention that the work they do is the best of all without flawless. If they start doing the work in this mindset then the work quality will be appreciated.

Experience makes man perfect. So we have to fine tune ourselves to make things perfect to lead better life.

Accountability is one of the most powerful word which should be followed by each & every one in their life so that people around them will be running their life with happiness.

LEADERS ARE NOT BORN BUT MADE BY THEMSELVES

Every human being who got birth on this mother earth are having similar characteristics, though few of our brother and sisters born with few limitation but these limitation can positive with certain practices and processes. Still few of us reached to the top spots and many of us becomes a follower.

As mentioned above, leaders are not born than what turns a normal human being into a leader. Why all of us don’t reach at the top of the ladder? Why many of us become follower? There is one strong quality which every leader possess and that is “ATTITUDE”. This makes the real difference “attitude towards the challenge, to see it as a problem or opportunity to improve/grow”.

In the animal kingdom, only one undisputed king is there called “LION” and it is not the heaviest like rhino, largest like elephant, quickest like cheetah & smartest like hyena but still LION is the king of the jungle only because of the attitude. When LION is hungry, no matter which animal it encounters, he thinks as a LUNCH. When other animal sees LION, they only think one way “DANGER & RUN AWAY”. This is all because of the attitude. Leaders are not required to be from the top ranker, top grad but could be from anywhere in the hierarchy. To bring out the leader within ourselves, few changes are to be bring in our daily life:                 

1. Never see a problem as issue but as an opportunity to grow.
2. Listen to the perspective of all individuals and don’t be rigid with our own perception.
3. Go to the problem with a positive attitude and intent.
4. Do not run away from the problems rather face them and from the front and lead it to the closer.
5. Always talks about the solution and bring the innovation to the table.

Any of us can be a potential leader, Mother Nature does not differentiate among us, few of us keeps cribbing on the problems and bias for their problems and leaders takes a decision without being biased

My First Onsite Experience

Dear Friends,

I would like to share my first onshore experience to United states . I was eagerly awaiting to feel the touch of that county as I have heard a lot  from my friends about the culture , climate & Interesting tourist spots ,  who were frequent travellers and also staying there for some time .

I felt so excited on seeing the  email from my supervisor regarding my Onshore visit .  I Immediately called my family members and shared this happy news. The Duration was for a month to cover 6 - 7 states in US. Though the initial engagement was to attend a conference with IT leaders during the start of the year on IT innovation,  I was asked to be part of few migrations and enhancements happened during my visit. Another reason for my excitement is to see my sisters family whom i haven't met for last 4 years . 

When I landed at newyork and opened the exit gate to board in to taxi i felt so happy to see the snow balls falling in the ground outside the airport . This was my  best experience as the temperature was around 2 - 3 Degree and some times to  -1 to - 3 . The roads were  covered by snow over the trees on both the sides . I have seen this only in movies and the first time i am able to feel the physical touch .

We checked in to the hotel near our office . I went to the lobby which is an open  area where the ground is covered with snow and took my first picture with snow ice on my hand and sent the pics via whatsapp to my family . This was one of the  memorable moment in my life . I heard about lexus and few luxury cars and also seen them in movies but got a chance to see them in person. On the same day i got a chance to sit inside the limousine post getting the permission from the chauffeur. He  initially hesitated but agreed post seeing my curiosity .I took few pictures on those luxury cars. Those memorable moments will remain for ever  in my life .

With that happiness  went to bed and had a pleasant sleep. 

More to come ....... till the time stay on ..

Cheers

Hari.R