Loud Thinking

Archive for November, 2014

“Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple and learn how to handle them, and pretty soon you have a dozen.”

— John Steinbeck

“I can’t go back to yesterday – because I was a different person then.”

— Lewis Carroll

“Giving is so often thought of in terms of the things we give, but our greatest giving is of our time, and kindness, and even comfort for those who need it.
We look on these gifts as unimportant – until we need them.”

—Joyce Sequichie Hifler
Author

The way India wants road passage to Afghanistan, Pakistan should also ask India for land route passage facility for its vehicles movements to Bhutan, Nepal, Bangladesh Myanmar and Thailand via Myanmar.

@PMNawazSharif @CMShehbaz @MaryamNSharif

If u want public to get really tangible relief drastically reduce GST it will also boost the economy.

“The truth is, unless you let go, unless you forgive yourself, unless you forgive the situation, unless you realize that that situation is over, you cannot move forward.”

— Steve Maraboli

“Some people grumble that roses have thorns; I am grateful that thorns have roses.”

—Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr (1808-1890)
Critic, Journalist, Novelist.

Encourage Your Team to Take More Risks

Innovation requires a tolerance for risk-taking and learning from failure. Yet many companies still have risk-averse cultures. Break out of this and create an environment that is more conducive to innovation by being more explicit about what risk-taking really means:
Define smart risk. Distinguish the areas where risk is encouraged, and where it is not. For example, you want minimal “execution risk” regarding customer commitments, but more “discovery risk” in developing new solutions to customer problems.
Use the right words. Terms like “experiment” or “scouting mission,” as opposed to “successful vs. unsuccessful project,” signal a more open attitude toward risk.
Establish clear phases for funding projects. Stop providing blank checks. Fund each project in clearly defined phases. If it passes one phase, give it additional funding.

Adapted from ” The Reason Your Team Won’t Take Risks” by Ron Ashkenas and Lisa Bodell.

In success of ANY nation’s economic road map Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) is a much better and healthier option than loans from the IMF, WB and ADB etc…!

@nayyarahmad: Abu Dhabi pledges $50bn investment in India. I exactly referred to the above mentioned opportunity, as option … http://t.co/cBiGpgzbQk

ICC rule says an international cricket match must have a minimum of 65 meters boundary (all around) in old grounds and 75 meters in new grounds.

However, in today’s match being played at Sydney (Aus vs SA) one side of the boundary is only 59 meters.

Hence, this ODI must not be considered as an international official match.