A good part of my early career was as an employer and a startup guy (before I knew there was a concept called Startup). This goes back to 1993 when I graduated with an Electrical Engineering Degree from National Institute of Technology Calicut. Straight from college that is what I did. I started a company with a friend. Then after a few years I went on … Continue reading I have more to talk about my failures than my successes.
I am sorry if my Layoff reflections are going too far. But this is a writing project I have taken up till I find my next engagement. So those who find these daily musings a bit annoying have an incentive to help me find a job. I am kidding. 😁Things will fall in place soon. But till then say Hi on LinkedIn. It is easy to … Continue reading Laid-Off? Now What? Get Busy !!!
Hate is a very strong word, dislike is more mellowed. It is important to use dislike instead of hate, because with the word ‘Hate’ people are not going to be honest. I am sure there will also be folks who will say they don’t dislike anyone. Great, one should never have a goal to dislike anyone. But let me be honest. I do have people … Continue reading Why do we Hate ?
I wanted to always write about how I got here. I have several years’ experience working in the Hi-Tech space across three continents and 4 countries. It is nothing great looking at how traveled the general Tech Public is now a days. Before I got into Software Delivery I had a stint in Software Services Sales, Professional services, People Management and Product Marketing. I ended … Continue reading How I became a Scrum Master
I know it is more than a month since we have hit 2018. But I think we still have enough time to talk of reading and learning. Last year I did a 50 Book Challenge on Goodreads and closed 2017 with around 54 Books. But this year I decided not to do a challenge. There are two reasons. The challenge at times takes the upper … Continue reading What is your Reading List for 2018?
As human beings we have a consistently increasing ability to learn and teach… and of course an intelligently cultivated skill to forget…. This in one way also probably defined our transitions in the latter parts on the evolutionary road… Some even religiously forget the ape connection…. But what we have also acquired in this process is a strong inhibition to accept that we learned something … Continue reading Learning Teaching Forgetting and Breathing
Today Sep 5th Rahi started his Kindergarten…..excited….new friends….new teacher…all going good….Even though not in India, it is great that he is able to start his long hike for knowledge on the day they celebrate “Teachers day” in India….Yes Sep 5th is ‘Teachers Day’ in India…The birthday of India’s Second President and the philosopher academician Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan I wish Rahi an entertaining journey of continuous learning … Continue reading As Rahi starts his hike on the path of Knowledge – Kindergarten
I often joke saying “My Learning started after my formal education ended”. It is not all that wrong in my case because during formal education I felt I was mostly taught and learning happened as a result of being taught. But Life after the formal education was different, you had to take the initiative and learn, often going to the places where the knowledge to … Continue reading Learning without being Taught
It is interesting to note that everything we are now is the result of an evolution. Just like how man evolved from what he was before to how a person evolves over his life time. Long ago I read somewhere that we keep our couches normally facing the front door for a reason. If not facing the front door, I have found that we often … Continue reading Life is not just a journey of learning; it is also a journey of unlearning
He slowly got hold of the chair & stood up, with shaking legs he took a step & then another, Before they knew he was running Continue reading Steps
Vinod Narayan 