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Assumptions Are the Path of Least Effort
Human beings seek the paths that demand the least effort from them. Customers are examples of this principle. They want products delivered to them and prefer instant coffee and instant delivery. One...
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Leaders Smoking Points
I am launching a few articles on using food as a metaphor for business and leadership. This post focuses on processes. I was preparing my Turkish coffee. I let it boil for a while being absent-minded....
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Moving Creative Ideas from Kitchens to Business
Kitchens are not only places for creativity, but also for the inspiration of creative ideas. Creativity is the ability to take an idea and transfer it to other non-related fields. I share the example...
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Communication Detergents
Take these two scenarios. In the first, a manager tells an employee that you have been performing poorly of late. Even though you had some successes, most of your work ended in poor results. You do...
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Living a Dead Life
I read a recent post by Biljana Savic in which she mentioned her visualization of clouds as nests of storks. Heavy clouds look like storks’ nests, some of which weigh more than one and a half tons....
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The Salt Effect on Our Attitudes
We humans tend to make tend to make our joy too sweet to enjoy. We then become scared of being joyful. We tend to do the same everywhere. When we make a cake, we make it too sweet and then add salt to...
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Releasing Human Potential
A sharp sword cuts through an object. It has this potential. When it fails to cut it acts like an old and rusty sword. What a waste of its potential! Humans who have the potential to realize their...
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How Would You Restore Order to the Chaos Prevailing in Your Organization?
Imagine this scenario which is very likely that you may face today. Suppose you got the job of managing an organization. Soon you discover that what you are actually managing is chaos. People come to...
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Predictability Is the Enemy of Engagement
Does the title sound true and acceptable to you? A comment by John Moore mentioned that this is true. I wish to explore with you the validity of this claim. A very interesting post, which I read...
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The Rippling Effect of Small Mistakes
Humans are prone to make mistakes for a variety of reasons. In this post, I tackle small typing mistakes that may or may not have a rippling effect. Recently, I noticed a funny mistake. The post read...
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The Light Inside Us
Some people find themselves living totally in darkness. A merchant who went broke recently suffered piling problems. His wife and friends left him. He sold his house and car to repay loans. He lives...
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Bleeding Organizations
Sharing my story that led to the writing of this post … I remembered the pain of damaging my new car the night I was travelling to France the next day. On the plane, I lost my appetite and did not...
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When the Wind Whispers
A great post by Rached Alimi ignited my emotions. He wrote in his post; “When the wind blows, you see what has weight.” The immediate thoughts that rushed into my mind were some of us fly out like...
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Creative Bundles and Self-Teaching
I promise the readers this post shall interest them for its wide scope of applicability in life and management. It answers important questions on how to turn your hatred to a topic like mathematics to...
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VUCA People and Dealing with Them
The world lives in a state of VUCA (Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, and Ambiguity). The question that this post tries to answer is what about VUCA people who share the same traits? I also suggest...
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Connections Are Not to Conform, but to Learn and Grow
My post introducing the “The “SIT Model” for the Virtual Triangle of Bonding” raised so interesting discussions. Source: Author Two different schools of thought emerged from these discussions. A...
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Unfurl the Golden Triangle of the New Trend
I read a very informative and brainstorming article by Dennis Pitocco. The article on “IN SEARCH OF MORE WITH LESS: DISCONNECTING To RECONNECT” provided the seed of this article. The article starts...
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Holding Two Opposite Ideas in Mind
The quote of F. Scott Fitzgerald surprised me. He wrote. “The test of first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold to opposite ideas in at the same time and still retain the ability to function’. My...
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Falling Morale Syndrome
I was looking outside when I glanced a luxurious car parking under what looked like a healthy tree. Suddenly, a big branch of the tree fell on the car and damaged it. This reminded me of the Fallen...
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Crops of Ideas
I visited two neighboring farms. One farm was rich in crops and the other was poor. Both farmers had similar lands and their farms experienced similar environments. Richness of crops signaled that...
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