management

Wicamp

I'am sure you all must be wondering what's wi in the Wicamp, I'll walk you through the Wicamp, that happened yesterday. Wicamp - actually meaning We-camp, and also Wi- Wipro Innovation Camp was an unconference where most of the minds congregated to discuss, share, understand about Innovation.

The Journal of Business Communication published a recent study disclosing that good listeners hold higher-level positions and are promoted more often than those with less effective listening skills. Many executives believe listening skills are vital to the success of an organisation. Lee Iacocca, CEO of Chrysler, said that listening could make 'the difference between a mediocre company and a great company.'

“Success happens from the inside out.” - Jeanne Sharbuno

Most of us, according to Jeanne Sharbuno, live from the outside in. She is correct. Most of us would like to make as much money and worldly possessions as possible and then would plan to relax. As it is said, there are three things that God did not understand after creating human beings:

1. They spent half of their life earning at the cost of their health and they spent the entire earning to regain the lost health.

I recall reading, a long, long time back, a poem called "The Blind Man and the Elephant" ... this poem was all about how six people of "Indostan" look at an elephant and try to express their impression of their observation (pardon the mouthful here), and how each arrives at a different conclusion about the same object. This poem has been subseqently seen under different avatars and stories, but thats not of importance here.

At that time, I remember my curiosity getting all perked up, and much to the worry and chagrin of my parents, and their parents (nothing above that, thankfully), I would try to explore various objects in and around home with my eyes closed. My grandmom maintains till this day, that this is the reason I am wearing specs. Not a point of view that learned savants and docs agree to, but you cant argue with grandmoms, whatever generation you are in.