ID Reflections

MAY 30, 2013

After preliminary introductions, he informed me that he had dropped out of school after the 10th standard because he didn''t feel like he was learning much (sounds familiar?) My name is Umesh" he said in his broken, highly south-Indian accented Hindi. and that it was boring (read not relevant to his life).

Leadership 139

Leadership Skills Job Predictions 139

ID Reflections

NOVEMBER 30, 2009

Process Standardization 3. This meant deep diving into the organization's existing processes, noting how things are done now and pin-pointing the gaps that can be filled to achieve: 1. Process Improvement 2.

Instructional Design 100

Instructional Design Instructional Instruction Design 100

ID Reflections

FEBRUARY 26, 2015

No one can hope to make sense of the emerging complexities either on their own or through standardized and formal courses. The notion of collaborating and sharing to learn more deeply and enduringly isn''t yet pervasive. Yet, the new age of complexity calls for collaboration and cooperation.

Diversity Training 100

Diversity Training Skills Learner PKM 100

ID Reflections

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

GroupTweet If you want to manage your class as a private unit, a free tool from www.grouptweet.com will convert a standard Twitter account into a group space where members can send tweets to everyone in the group using direct messages. For example: “ One thing that concerns me about the new shipping protocol is.

Social Media 166

Social Media Media Wiki Blogging 166

ID Reflections

MARCH 27, 2010

The black and white approach worked when work processes were simple, linear, could be standardized, and yesterday’s best practices still worked just as fine today. Today, according to Dan Pink, Automation , Asia , Abundance have forced creative thinking out in the open.

Conversation 123

Conversation SAP Innovation Collaboration 123

ID Reflections

APRIL 10, 2015

The operational as well as the cultural norms of a majority of our organizations date back to the days of Taylor when standardization was a much sought after aspect to bring about efficiency, reduce errors and shorten turnaround time. It is primarily because of the way our organizations are structured and operate.

Social Learning 100

Social Learning Social Integrate Off-shore 100

ID Reflections

JULY 5, 2015

Standardization, efficiency, processes, supervisory management, planning, etc., Superficial tweaks and process re-engineering will no longer serve the purpose. It is time for deep and fundamental transformation of all organizational and management principles practised with such astounding success over the past many decades.

Community 100

Community Social Technology Management 100

ID Reflections

JULY 17, 2009

a) We sat down b) We discussed possible solutions that would be cheap enough for the client c) We discussed solutions that would, most importantly, fulfill the needs mentioned above d) We discussed solutions that would impact the learners e) Most importantly, the solution should result in an ROI from the business perspective (point 4 above) f) It should (..)

Project 100

Project Learning Objects Analysis Cognitive 100

ID Reflections

JANUARY 15, 2015

The VUCA ecosystem no longer lends itself to standard operating procedures, best practices based on past experiences and a handful of executive taking strategic decisions while the employees comply and carry out orders. Dealing with ambiguity is the name of the game.

Agile 100

Agile Social Networks Expertise Collaboration 100

ID Reflections

JULY 17, 2014

We often fall prey to a standard JD which reflects levels of seniority and formal degrees but not a diversity of skills and experiences. One of the key points he makes is the importance of having diverse thinkers and experts.

Diversity Training 141

Diversity Training Specialist Performance Support Write Blog 141

ID Reflections

JANUARY 6, 2016

This mutual rating system ensures that the standard is maintained more effectively than any policing or management could do. I also liken it to developing a service-mindset over a product-mindset. Build a culture of feedback – Uber relies heavily on the ratings provided by users as well as the drivers.

Organizational Learning 100

Organizational Learning Course Scanning Community 100

ID Reflections

NOVEMBER 26, 2014

The OpenStack project intended to help organizations offer cloud-computing services running on standard hardware. Cloud computing , while it has been around for a long time, is showing huge impact today. " In July 2010, Rackspace Hosting and NASA jointly launched an open-source cloud-software initiative known as OpenStack.

Change 227

Change Diversity Training Cloud Computing IBM 227

ID Reflections

JUNE 12, 2015

All the management framework and operational processes have been honed and polished to increase productivity and to bring about standardization. Unfortunately organizations have been created with efficiency in mind.

Diversity Training 100

Diversity Training PKM Social Networks Community 100