Of Trying and the Big Why?

Happy Holi people, just got away from a brilliant three day workshop with the team and the boss, one thing that caught the eye and was worth thinking about was…One of the smarter ones while discussing action items said “I will try” and the boss caught on it and said “ I will try is not committing”, you need to be completely committed to make it happen.

Being a romantic, I remembered my association with hindi movies where Big B says in a movie that “Koshish zaroor kiya kare, kyunki wade aksar toot jaate hain” –“Try and make it, don’t promise because promises are often broken” the context was clearly different cause he was requesting for a date and not self-improvement.?

This “outcome” focused leadership can be looked at with two perspectives, one which was narrated by God to Arjun in the famous war of Mahabharata, where the Lord says to Arjun, “Raise your bow, Go out there with all your skills and be the best version of yourself, leave the outcomes to me.” or the second one where Drona appreciates Arjun in an archery contest where to a question what do you see, he answers, “I see only the eye of the parrot.”

I personally believe that today’s leadership might be the combination of both, have the focus on the outcome and put your best foot forward.?

Workshops often are a great learning environment, learning about the direction and next big things but more than that for me, learning about the people that you work with, every workshop has reinforced my belief in my favorite quote, “ I could see a bit further because I stood on the shoulders of giants”.?

I remembered the last workshop where I was praising a Solution Architect for his business acumen, only to realize that he was feeling upset, so I dug more into that, what upset my closest friend was not the “business acumen” bit because he is smart and well rounded personality, what upset him was the pre-amble, to show appreciation of his business acumen skills, I had downplayed his technical skills. Thinking about cricket, I wondered if the maestro known for his batting skills did not feel the same achievement high when he picked up five wickets on the back of some inspired bowling, would someone known for his batting skills feel happier when he got five wickets or when he scored a hundred.

Would it be a good place to think of yourself as an allrounder so that you can expect achievements with both bat and ball, or like one great allrounder also for your fielding skills, whatever it is that you are doing, believe that you want to put the best version of yourself on display.

As more and more of psychological personality profiles and cognitive analysis comes into workshops, it is interesting to learn how you can work better with another individual in the team, but the biggest Why of transformation seems to be not an individual, but AI…hoping that one day soon we will come to consensus on how to work better with AI.?

I like the transformation tagline which rings with some rhyme “Why ? Because AI.

People are apparently more willing to transform, when there is an immediate threat to the loved traits, for example, people who have been thinking of a morning exercise routine or giving up the social drinking for many years, suddenly take the call and commit when a health report goes south.

So focusing on the big WHY, let's remember the below.

AI is in the workplace in places that you would not have thought about, so build your fielding muscle in this short window, because for all you know either batting or bowling or both might be better done with AI.?

Happy Holi again.?

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