Where did you get all this Wisdom ?

I came across this brilliant story from one of the HCM Consultant in my network I really admire. sharing with blog readers.

A fox, a wolf, and a bear went hunting, and each captured a deer.   A discussion followed about how they should divide the spoils.
The bear asked the wolf how he thought it should be done.  The wolf answered, “That’s simple.  Each of us should get one deer.”
As soon as the wolf was done speaking, the bear ate him.
Then the bear asked how the fox proposed to divvy up the spoils.  The fox offered his deer to the bear and suggested that the bear take the wolf’s as well.
“Where did you get such wisdom?” asked the bear.
“From the wolf,” replied the fox.

Source:

“The Difference Maker” by John C. Maxwell 

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Which world is real ?

Saw this ad on FB. Brilliant marketing by Lifebuoy.( Hindustan Unilever ) .
I found , the Facts highlighted at the end of the video , a little disheartening.
"We the People " who live in metro cities or online  eg Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin are disconnected from The problems of  "Rural ( Real)  India" 

Innovation in Education

Anyone who has been reading my blog for quiet a while now would know that I am a LifeLongLearner. I  have deep interest in Learning, Education . Choices I have made at various stages of my Career are testimony to that. Attending Edgex , meeting Educators and having conversations on the topic of Education was one of the highlight this year. I came across an interesting  article recently  "Innovation is the key to bettereducation ( Source  www.brookings.edu  ) . It is surprising and astonishing to note R&D spending by sectors. Overall US spends about 3% of its total expenditures on R&D.  While Pharmaceutical companies Top the chart with  figures as high as 23% ( not surprised )  however Education R&D spending is only 0.2% (!!!) .  Does it mean that in US, education sector by far has remained immune or impervious to Innovation ? What could be the reasons that has Education sector attracted least R&D as compared to other sectors till date ?  Is the political clout of US Universities comparatively less compared to Pharma companies to attract R&D budget from US Govt ? Is Education sector ready to be disrupted through  Innovation / Emerging Technologies ? Is that the reason why Coursera offering MOOCs is a huge success and instant hit ?  Probably, Economics alone won’t be able to solve the problems in society especially in matters of Public Policy. Society needs more Behavioral Scientists. Society needs more Behavioral Economists. Do we have enough platforms where behavioral economists are asked to join the conversation on Innovation in Education and share their voice ? My introduction to the field of Behavioral Economics has been through Prof Dan Ariely .  It would be interesting to read his further thoughts on challenges Education sector faces and his take on what  would prototype of the solutions for Education sector might look like.  

P.S. - I "Hope" for a world where both Education & Healthcare is free to 7.147 billion people on Earth :-)

Future of Work

1. US Debt = 16 trillion dollars ?

2. Euro Zone Crisis has wordwide impact

3. Greece in Trouble

4. Economic growth propelled by BRICs countries - China, India, Africa , Russia

4. The world is increasinly becoming  flat and interconnected

5. Business World is Social , Social is the Business World.

6. Future of Work is impacted by technology.

6. Business Conversations have shifted to Social Networking Platforms   with much scope for Big data Analytics

7. Influence is measured by the Expertise one shares in Social Ecosystem

8. Blogging as one of the ways to unlock Career Opportunities  at IBM  ?  Sacha Chua found her job at IBM via blogging

9. Leaders ( Harriet Pearson, Cihef Privacy Officer)  ( Virgina Sharma, Chief Marketing Officer, IBM India )  & IBM experts have embarced "Open" platforms . IBM CEO (Ginni Rometty) said Hello to IBM via Lotus connections .

10. Numerous Choices to wear multiple hats - To be an Active Listener, LifeLongLearner, Contributor, Leader and Follower all at same time

11. Digital Influence = Expertise , Authenticitiy, Transparency, Trust , Identity

12. A business imperative that  Gen Y & Millenials learn from wisdom & Insights  of Baby Boomers  leaving the workforce  ?

13. I participate in HRTech Chat  to learn and stay updated . Also, I made new  friends from HR Industry . Could HR Tech be the solution - SmartPhone/ Blackberry/ Iphone/ Ipad Apps  to engage Digital Natives  & address multi gen workforce challenges ? 


14. Increasingly, I anticipate HR to play integrator role - To integrate People, Process & Technology. I am glad I get to live Future of Work at IBM as Luis Suarez mentions in his blog - Once a BlueIQer, always a BlueIQer.     :-)

3Cs of Digital Eminence

After experimenting across wide networking platforms, I have come to a conclusion that 3 Cs are the key to manage  Digital Eminence .

C - Creation ( It can be your Blog or main website where you write down your original thoughts or quote and attribute to the sources )
C- Curation ( My Tumblr site where I am experimenting with curation after being inspired from Maria Popova , Eric Barker  , Farnam Street 
C- Conversation ( Conversation is the key to a wider network and weak ties . See what I am chirping about & with whom  . If you read this blog, Tweet @ me , would love to say Hello to you ! :-)

On Writing

I am naturally drawn to writers and writing. Is my affinity to writing a recent phenomena ? Not really, probably more than a decade old . My twitter presence since 2008 has only accentuated it. The cure for writing good is reading more, writing even  more and writing it out in open. Of not being afraid to manage ignorance & think aloud in the open. I juggle  between private and public blog. A good question which would concern many  first time bloggers would be - What to keep private and what to post publicly ? There is no one right answer. It depends. It is determined individualistically. I like Seth Godin's style of writing  for brevity, insights ,wisdom and business context. And then , there is Twitter to experiment with writing in bite sized chunks for easy consumption. I read somewhere , there are more writers in America today than there are readers. I guess, Twitter was invented for bite sized writing and cascading stories in 140 format :-)

Success

I have tweeted this earlier that I am in total awe of Maria Popova. I am highly influenced by topics she curates on and gems she finds and share through brainpickingorg using her curation skills . Simply awesome. Here is an excerpt from the latest post on brainpickings.org on 5 timeless speeches on success. As you grow, you’ll realize the definition of success changes. For many of you, today, success is being able to hold down 20 shots of tequila. For me, the most important thing in your life is to live your life with integrity, and not to give into peer pressure. to try to be something that you’re not. To live your life as an honest and compassionate person. to contribute in some way. So to conclude my conclusion: follow your passion, stay true to yourself. Never follow anyone else’s path, unless you’re in the woods and you’re lost and you see a path, and by all means you should follow that. ~Ellen Degeneres