Loud Thinking

Archive for December, 2013

“Have a heart that never hardens, a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts.”

Charles Dickens (1812-1870);
novelist

Use Note-Taking Apps to Prioritize

With the remarkable retrieval capacity of digital note-taking apps, you can always find (and remember) your records of important conversations and meetings. Better still, thoughtfully organizing your notes will help you focus on your top priorities and drive your energies toward your most important work. In Evernote ( OneNote, Springpad, and SimpleNote are other popular apps), create notebooks that are as broad as possible while still reflecting specific projects and responsibilities; rather than “XYZ account,” for example, use “Key Industries” or “West Coast Prospects.” Evernote automatically organizes notebooks alphabetically, but any notebooks that have names beginning with punctuation or symbols (“!ManagementTips”) show up at the top of the list, followed by names beginning with numbers. Use this to your advantage: name notebooks to keep key priorities, projects, and responsibilities on top so that you’ll see and think about them every day.

Adapted by HBR from Work Smarter With Evernote by Alexandra Samuel.

ICC is turning the game of cricket into a sheer mockery.

On 5th and the last day of the Perth WACA ground Test match, one ball which landed on the pitch crack, turned suddenly 24* degrees/200 centimetres, was caught by the fielder standing at leg gully position and was also declared a wide ball.

Playing Test cricket on such type of tracks is a mockery of the game.

Carry on ICC.

Ban Perth WACA Ground as a Test Venue

The cracks on the 4th day of the 3rd Ashes Test on the pitch of the Perth WACA cricket ground are so wide that it is becoming almost impossible, for the batsmen to play the ball, which is pitched over the cracks.

As such, the umpires acting under the ICC approved playing conditions, should abandon this match on the grounds of pitch being dangerous and unplayable damaged due the extremely wide cracks.

Moreover, in the larger interest of the glorious game of cricket, the ICC should ban this venue for Test matches.

However, ODI and international T20 matches, may be allowed to be played as usual; because WACA ground pitch starts developing bigger cracks from the 2nd day, which dramatically, widen during the 3rd, 4th and the 5the day.

May be that is the reason the Indian team will not be playing at WACA ground during their next tour.

“The bad news is time flies. The good news is you’re the pilot.”

— Michael Altshuler

“In the depths of winter I finally learned there was in me an invincible summer.”

Albert Camus (1913-1960);
author and philosopher

Soul is a person’s inner being; the emotional part of human nature.

Use a Stealth Project to Prove a Business Need

Sometimes you have a great idea for a new product feature or an innovative way to serve your customers, but you don’t have the data to back it up. Try demonstrating the importance of your idea by doing a “stealth” project as proof of concept. Run a small pilot project to test your hypothesis about the need. There are risks to this approach, of course. You might annoy people, for example, particularly if you’re spending funds meant for other projects. Keep your project lean and focused—and frame it as a fact-finding experiment. Know what you want to learn, and spend only as much money as it takes to do that. Get your answer, and get out. You may discover that the business need isn’t so great after all—so be prepared to abandon your idea.

Adapted by HBR from the HBR Guide to Building Your Business Case eBook + Tools.

The cracks on the 4th day of the 3rd Ashes Test on the pitch of the Perth WACA cricket ground are so wide that it is becoming almost impossible, for the batsmen to play the ball, which is pitched over the cracks.

As such, the umpires acting under the ICC approved playing conditions, should abandon this match on the grounds of pitch being dangerous and unplayable damaged due the extremely wide cracks.

Moreover, in the larger interest of the glorious game of cricket, the ICC should ban this venue for Test matches.

However, ODI and international T20 matches, may be allowed to be played as usual; because WACA ground pitch starts developing bigger cracks from the 2nd day, which dramatically gradually, widen during the 3rd, 4th and the 5the day.

May be that is the reason the Indian team will not be playing at WACA ground during their next tour.

After the pathetic display of over all all round dud cricket during the current Ashes series, it is quite apparent that England cricket team is devoid of its marbles.

It seems that they put more time and energy in planning for food etc. rather than the game itself.

About 60-80% of the English players (who are playing without fire, soul, spirit & motivation) in the current team, needs retirement and replacement with the fresh blood.