5 ways to recover from a Goof-Up at work

We all are human, and we all do commit mistakes once in a while, but then we need to rectify our mistakes. I really liked an article of economic times, which talks about the five ways to recover from the goof up at work.

1. Admit the mistake
2. Take responsibility and do not give lame reasons for the mistake
3. Do a root cause analysis to find the reason
4. Communicate stakeholders about the problem
5. Move on - do not keep blaming yourself.

Please click on the link below to read the complete article.

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-industry/jobs/5-ways-to-recover-from-a-goof-up-at-work/articleshow/20041092.cms

proud to be a delhite , creative captial of India

I know, I am a creative delhite ;) but delhi as a creative capital, WOW!

As per the news article in today's economic times, Delhi emerges as India's creative capital in a creative index compiled by Institute of Competitiveness, Indian chapter of collaborative effort between Harvard Business School and Martin Prosperity Institute, a Canada based think tank.

As a country, India ranked 30th out of 80 countries for Tolerance (how open are they to new ideas), 42nd out of 75 countries for Technology (how technologically savvy are they)  and 75th out of 82 countries for Talent ( how capable is their workforce), the three attributes or human factors which were measured for global creativity index. 

Creative class of population in india at 14% places the country as 70th spot globally amoung the 82 ranked. The creative occupational groups include people employed in management, finance, law, healthcare, science, engineering, architecture, design, education, arts, music and entertainment.

In 2011, Sweden was rated as number one country on the global creativity index, followed by US, Finland, Denmark and Australia.

Just for your information, below are two definitions of creativity..

As per Oxford Dictionary, the definition of creativity is "the use of imagination or original ideas to create something; inventiveness:"
As per the california state university northbridge website, "Creativity is defined as the tendency to generate or recognize ideas, alternatives, or possibilities that may be useful in solving problems, communicating with others, and entertaining ourselves and others"


source: http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/delhi-emerges-as-indias-creative-capital/articleshow/19873375.cms?adcode=50

yahoo!!! no work from home policy ???

source: http://dratarrant.wordpress.com/2012/06/12/six-top-tips-for-working-from-home/

'To become the absolute best place to work, communication and collaboration will be important,'' wrote Jackie Reses, Yahoo's head of human resources, ''so we need to be working side-by-side. That is why it is critical that we are all present in our offices. Some of the best decisions and insights come from hallway and cafeteria discussions, meeting new people and impromptu team meetings. Speed and quality are often sacrificed when we work from home. We need to be one Yahoo, and that starts with physically being together.''

Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer has changed the work form home policy. As per Marissa, Teamwork is not only about communication but also about cooperation, and cooperation requires trust between team members.

''It is difficult for humans to trust people that they don't frequently see face to face,'' Meyer says. ''If I can't look in your eyes and see your facial expressions, or get to know you beyond your voice on the phone, it is harder for me to judge if you are trustworthy. A high level of trust between team members is one of the most important factors to efficient collaboration. If the team leader does not invest significant time and energy in finding ways to build trust among team members who rarely see one another, trust is likely to remain low. Therefore managing geographically dispersed teams effectively is significantly more expensive than managing collocated teams.

How this decision of yahoo will affect the IT industry, is going to be an interesting case study. Right now, all eyes are on yahoo's balance sheet

source: http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-industry/jobs/ban-on-work-from-home-a-step-towards-making-yahoo-best-place-to-work/articleshow/19736604.cms