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THE MANAGEMENT TIP OF THE DAY: Harvard Business Review

March 10, 2015

Seeking Too Much Proof Can Squelch an Innovative Idea

“Prove it.” Those are the two words most deadly to innovation. It often makes sense to ask for analytical proof before making a decision, but this phrase can set a standard that’s impossible to meet. There is no data about how a genuinely new idea will interact with the world, so there is no way to prove it will work in advance. So while you might think you’re just being rigorous, you can actually end up killing innovation. To keep your innovators from being discouraged, you need to distinguish between when you are honing and refining an existing system and when you are attempting to create something genuinely new. In the former, it’s fine to ask for evidence. In the latter, you need to take an entirely different approach. Focus on prototyping to test innovative ideas in small ways without much up-front investment. Iterative experimentation will generate data and refine the solution.

“Surround yourself with people who make you a better person.”

— Author Unknown

An out of box solution to recover 10 years old overdue payment (which must be now equal to over 3 billion USD) from M/s Etisalat Telecom to the government of Pakistan on account of PTCL privatisation..!

Three govts fail since 2006 to recover outstanding $800 million from Etisalat Telecom which paid $1.799bn and withheld the remaining $799.3.4 million at the time of PTCL privatisation and make them part of the official record for the purpose of future transactions.

In this regards, the government of Pakistan is advised to immediately repeat immediately impose a ban on Etisalat/PTCL management, of any transfer of profits or repatriation of any sort of money out of Pakistan, till the ENTIRE overdue amount + interest accrued since 2006, is paid to the government of Pakistan or after the final decision of the Supreme Court of Pakistan.

THE MANAGEMENT TIP OF THE DAY: Harvard Business Review

March 9, 2015

To Get Candid Feedback, Ask for It

Getting honest, useful feedback is the fastest route to better performance. But people are sometimes too nice to share the full picture or too intimidated to be fully truthful. You need to be clear that you want honest feedback. If you say, “Don’t be nice, be helpful,” people will be less likely to hold back. Instead of asking what you did wrong, ask what you can do better going forward. Try not to judge any feedback you receive, whether it’s positive or negative. Just thank people for being honest with you and let them know that you find their observations and opinions helpful. Try to write down what they say. A little silence communicates that you’re taking feedback seriously, and it gives people time to think about what else they might add. And don’t just ask once. Give people multiple opportunities to give you real feedback.

Adapted from “How to Ask for Feedback That Will Actually Help You” by Thomas Wedell-Wedellsborg and Peter Bregman.

“The most effective way to do it, is to do it.”

— Amelia Earhart

Johnson taken to cleaners by Dilshan..!

Mr. Misbah ul Haq you NOT anyone else, is solely responsible for the humiliating defeats in the World Cup matches Vs India and the West Indies… for NOT including Sarfraz Ahmad in the playing eleven.

Now here is lesson (taken from Times of India article) for you on LEADERSHIP, if you may care:

“South Africa are hurting today, and should be until they meet UAE in Wellington on March 12. De Villiers denied that too much was being asked of him as fielder, batsman and captain. “I know I can’t win this World Cup alone. There is no way.” There are limits to his batting in ODIs, we were reminded today.
But more than de Villiers (read Misbah) the batsman, South Africa (read Pakistan) need de Villiers (read Misbah) the leader, the inspiration, the motivator to drag them forward in a World Cup they were tipped to conquer.”

When I wrote on fb that after today’s match only 3 matches will be left for Pakistan’s final match of the World Cup, many of the friends laughed..?

“The trouble with having an open mind is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.”

— Terry Pratchett

Shame on Pakistan team management which proclaimed Sarfraz was NOT the 3rd opener..!

This what ESPNcricinfo wrote:

This was the game this World Cup needed. This is the team this World Cup needed. It was getting pretty bland out here without the Pakistan bowlers. Defending only 231 in 47 overs at the small Eden Park, their left-arm quicks turned it on like only those from that part of the world can. Under pressure of the chase South Africa crumbled yet again – except for one man, captain AB de Villiers, who scored 77 off 58 and threatened to singlehandedly steal the game, but once he became the ninth man to get out with 32 to get, Pakistan were assured of a win. The win gave Pakistan clearer passage to the quarter-final. They now have two bites at the cherry: they can go through directly with a win over Ireland or, if they lose, they are a good shot to sneak through on net run rate.

In true Pakistan fashion, they tested our patience and tested our patience and then tested it some more until almost everyone had given up.
Everybody knew Sarfraz Ahmed needed to play ahead of somebody. Anybody. Umar Akmal, part-time wicketkeeper, had been dropping at least a catch every match.
Pakistan’s team management was the only one that didn’t see it. Until this game.
Sarfraz came in, knocked off a run-a-ball 49 to give them the previously missing purpose and impetus at the start of an innings and followed it up with six catches, including the diving one-handed beauty to send back Hashim Amla after the batsman had successfully taken on every bowler until then.