As an agile coach I always tell my team and those I work with the importance of prioritization. If we prioritize we can contain waste. I believe prioritization is the first step towards going lean. The need to decide what is it that we want to do now. What is it that brings maximum value to what we do. When I was quite young I … Continue reading What my Mom taught me about Prioritization
“Are you corrupted?” the monkey repeated the question when he saw that the man was not responding. The man looked up “I am civilized” he replied. “Beep! Wrong answer” cried the monkey who had his buzzer in its hand. “I will ask you again and this time give me a straight answer, Are you corrupted” “Not really, but if you ask…” the man started fumbling. … Continue reading The Monkey and The Man – 365 Flash fiction #31
He took the cup to his lips, but forgot to sip the coffee. He kept it back on the table and all the while staring straight into the monitor. He was disturbed, not just with the news he read. He has read much dreaded news that often seems like it was the synopsis of some horror flick. But this was different. He felt somewhat related, … Continue reading The News – 365 Flash Fiction #17
It was on a Saturday evening that I saw Mr. Albert for the first time, talking to dad near the porch at our ancestral home in India. Holding a lantern on one hand and a walking stick on the other, a long over coat and with one shoe shining more than the other, he looked like a character from one of the old English novels … Continue reading Mr. Albert
It is said that blaming is the easiest thing one can do. It doesn’t matter if you are rich or poor, young or old, blaming is there always, as an option for you to escape the torture and public humiliation of failing. For him it all started with a voice from inside like it happens during many other major decisions in life telling him over … Continue reading Blame it on the heart
It always has been my fascination to silently observe people who talk to me. Many times they stop their conversation and ask “Hey, are you still here” thinking I have been lost in my thoughts How incapable of them to not know that I was all this while immersed in them and got so involved in my observations that I lost track of the fact … Continue reading Silent Conversations
Vinod Narayan 