Whizzing past the empty roads and barren landscape of western Rajasthan the attempt to think was way past my ability. All one could do was hear the radio singing above the whistling wind. Daddam khan, the taxi driver was the proud daddy of the innovative radio. He beamed and told us how he had invented it in only Rs.500. He could even take out the chip and insert it in his phone to upload songs. He had been bored with the cassettes and had figured out the ‘chip technology’. He fiddled with it needlessly and continuously changed the songs with his remote.
We stopped for a tea break in one of the road side dhabas to see the small innovations all around us. It just reiterates my thought about how Indians will never be able to replicate like the Chinese – each Indian is an innovator or designer due to his own survival needs.The dhaba owner had long stone sink that had a hole though which a pipe drained into a kanaster or aluminum container. Simple and clean solution. …more
Tom Peters has been a huge influence , since the time i read The Pursuit of Wow and then ReImagine. I came across these points in a recent post of his and am looking forward to his new book, The Little Big Things.
Enthusiasm. (Be an irresistible force of nature!)
Energy. (Be fire! Light fires!)
Exuberance. (Vibrate—cause earthquakes!)
Execution. (Do it! Now! Get it done! Barriers are baloney! Excuses are for wimps! Accountability is gospel! Adhere to the Bill Parcells doctrine: “Blame no one! Expect nothing! Do something!”)
Empowerment. (Respect and appreciation rule! Always ask, “What do you think?” Then listen! Then let go and liberate! Then celebrate!)
Edginess. (Perpetually dancing at the frontier, and a little or a lot beyond.) …more
Who do you go to if…
- You have a neck pain or a back problem
- You puled a muscle while playing tennis
- You are recovering from knee surgery or a fracture
- You have just had surgery and find moving around difficult
- or you are a certain age and face reduced mobility
The Answer
Most Indians would visit a Ortho, Neuro or Cardiac specialist in addition to their GP.
Visiting a Physio or Sports Injury doctor is seldom done. …more
Does the service design community need to work with the open source community to provide an alternative to Facebook Connect ?
The background is the increasingly dominant role being played by a few companies in deciding on the issue of privacy of individual data. Frankly it does require an open movement to ensure there are enough perspectives on the board and also to provide tangible simple alternatives.
The two articles that inspired this thought are as follows :
The specific comment that got me thinking was ..”The open community has not met the challenge to provide a better alternative to Facebook Connect,” says Chris Messina, an OpenID board member. …more
A road that does not see regular maintenance or cleaning , will accumulate mud and dust on the edges which increase over time and thus reduce the space and maneuverability .
Is this an analogy for work, careers and our options perhaps ?
Plus there is an emphasis on specialisation which seeks to take us into the center, but the edges have to be looked at too..
Would like your thoughts..
