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Scolding My Subordinate Was Wrong

I scolded my subordinate manager the other day. Yelled at him, in fact. It was wrong. I should not scold, much more yell, at a person whether he works for me or not. When I scolded my manager, I negated the value of pointing out his mistake. The manager ended up not realising his errorContinue reading “Scolding My Subordinate Was Wrong”

Goals Lead to Tangible Benefits

In one scene from the movie, Rocky, the title character played by Sylvester Stallone, is seen waking up at 4:00am, helping himself to a glassful of raw eggs, and then starting a jog. Rocky’s jog is the start of his preparation for his boxing fight with Apollo Creed, the current heavyweight champion in the movie. Continue reading “Goals Lead to Tangible Benefits”

What the Supply Chain Must Be

There are many things we like supply chains to be. Popular examples are resilient, sustainable, and agile. For some of those at the end of the chain, they’d simply want them to be dependable or on time, especially when it comes to deliveries. And for many supply chain professionals, they’d want vendor supplies to beContinue reading “What the Supply Chain Must Be”

Make It Visible

The planet Earth and its Solar System reside in the Milky Way galaxy, a spiral collection of a 100 to 400 billion stars. Yes, that’s billion, not million, and far more than a thousand or hundred. We can only see only a few thousand of stars in the night sky and only so much moreContinue reading “Make It Visible”

A Toast to the Ordinary Day

An ordinary day starts with me waking up, feeding the pets, exercising, and having breakfast. I then go to work and come home by 6:30pm. It’s a routine I do daily, even on Sundays (except I’m home by 3pm). We take for granted ordinary days. Ordinary days lie in between the extraordinary ones, which areContinue reading “A Toast to the Ordinary Day”

Dedicate, Not Commit

Commitment is placing the highest priority to another. When people marry, they commit; they promise to put their partners above everything else. Enterprises try to enrol employees to do the same. Managers expect subordinates to place first-priority to their jobs. I don’t commit to employers; I dedicate. Dedication is compliance to mutually agreed contracts. FocusContinue reading “Dedicate, Not Commit”

The Supply Chain Surrounds Every Product

The enterprise sells, its customers order, and the enterprise delivers. This constitutes the basic process of demand fulfilment. As the enterprise creates demand through marketing & sales, it fulfils it. The enterprise and the customer agree on the terms and conditions of the latter’s order. Delivery of the order should arrive at the right place,Continue reading “The Supply Chain Surrounds Every Product”

Arguing for Engineering

Engineers have been the go-to people to solve problems or implement pre-decided solutions. Engineers build edifices architects design, install equipment which executives prefer, and fix things that were creating problems no one else could solve. Engineers deal with the complicated technical stuff like designing rockets and constructing skyscrapers, repairing nuclear reactors, setting up oil drillingContinue reading “Arguing for Engineering”

There is No Such Thing as a Benevolent God

How long did the dinosaurs live on Earth? 165 to 180 million years, according to Britannica. That’s a really long time. Humans and ancestors have been on Earth for 6 million years. Homo sapiens, for about 300,000 years. Civilisation as we know it has existed for a mere 8,000 years. The universe began 13.8Continue reading “There is No Such Thing as a Benevolent God”

Ambitions & Fears Help Make Our Dreams Come True

Ambition drives us to work for our dreams. Fear makes us hesitate. Both are important in motivating us. Fear motivates? Yes. While ambition gives us impetus to wake up and work, fear moves us to sense risk and hesitate. We know the sayings and how they seem to contradict each other. “He who hesitates isContinue reading “Ambitions & Fears Help Make Our Dreams Come True”