Tuesday, November 19, 2024

Inspiring John Abraham

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-3W5bCUR6A&t=638s

  • Section 1 : how has he been relevant for 20+ years ?
    • be aware of what is happening around you and adapt accordingly 
      • Invedt monry
      • How is your industry changing
      • What is latest in your industry etc
         
    • Grab chances at right time at right place ... if you DONT get chances GRAB it.
  •  @25:00
    • you need to decide in your life , are you a leader or a follower.
       
  •  @ 01:05:00 
    • choose what you want to do , money is a by product
       

 

Thursday, October 10, 2024

Message


 

Weak Messages , create bad situations

Phrases

  • There will be problems , there are two type of people "who raise early" "who raise late" 
  • I feel like I walk away from meeting not saying what i want to say something 
  • I feel like if i say something i will be singled out 
  • Many meeting i come out saying "oh my god he is not ready to listen"
  • Do not skirt the issue , no body talking real problems
  • Rescope 
  • Burnout is not a way to sustain (this team has been burn out) 
  • As a team we gel well , if there is a problem we should feel empowered to bring it up  


Thursday, October 3, 2024

Phrases

 

Hiring should be drive from Customer P.O.V

Client Retention : 60% 

Give new feature  

 

Client Growth : 30% 

Launch new product

 

Op Efficiency : 10% 

Improve efficiency of xyz api 

 

 

  1. Where people are current 
  2. Where we want 
  3. Open head count  


  • We need to make sure there is no Lack of transparency  
  • Its imp to think scale ,  imp to think XYZ  
  • Head count allocation strategy. We will need a PE’s full attention on XYZ.  
  • I would want us to be strategic about this as well... we need to think revenue as well  ,file imports alone cannot get x million  

  • May be we should take this as an opportunity as of how do we talk about cross team dependencies.   

  • When i asked leadership what is top 3 for our group , and draw a conclusion around it .. everyone’s top 3 was different , but there were common themese i could draw from it ...  
  • I don't think we can keep on waiting for this, because xyz  

  • We want to make sure we are constantly challenging ourselves  
  • I want to make sure we are doing XYZ continuously. 
  • Us as people leaders need to understand XYZ  
  • XYZ (app name) is on critical path to ABC (good customer experience) 
  • If there are stuff that we need to move things away (deprecate) , we need to start tracking and make plans for it 
  • Orienting aroud the problems we have inherited , as this being one of the most legacy piece in Company 
  • I want to paint a picture of where we could take this in terms of Customer experience opportunity , in terms of Revenue opportunities.  
  • One thing we all need to come together and re-think xxx.  
  • Effort vs Impact Ratio 


IF THROWN UNDER BUS or facing a LIE   

THANKS FOR  

  • Bringing that up , it is definitely something we should review in right perspective 

  • Your feedback  

BUT  

  • I am not sure if I am aligned there , The way I see it xxx  

  • My understanding is xxx  

  • I am hearing this for first time  

 

IF PEOPLE LYING  

  • Actually I happen to revise my notes … and I noticed xxx 

  • What I recall from my meeting notes on xxx , is that …. , is there something that has changed 

  • Thanks for sharing it , I suggest let’s get on a call and make sure right data points are considered to arrive at the conclusion.