Digital Fugue - Random Thots

Managing people

In management, they say the hardest bit is managing humans. The art of People Management. I was once in a big corporation and had the priviledge to be placed in different divisions.

Threading on the corporate chessboard, one can see the different traits within different levels in an organization. The traits are visible not only for the horizontal services, but on the vertical divisions as well.

Try sorting out the senior management with their internal political game, the vertical divisions and middle management trying to align to the most favourable chief (ie. who to suck up to) and the non execs (and their union) with their dissatisfaction about everything that have to do with the office.

I thought that was tough... util i had the chance to manage a bunch of right brained creative people. Now that is tough.

Success

A wise successful old man told me once, in order to be successful, you need to be at the right place at the right time with the right people.

I believe I am at the right place with the right people. I dont think the time is just as right as the other two. It is like being in a race. I'm already on the starting line at the right stadium, with the best coach, sponsors and supporters. But the problem is, I dont know when the race is starting!

Life can be... frustrating in that sense. C'est la vie.

Tsunami of Thots

My thoughts and condolences to those who were affested by the tsunami disaster.

On that lazy sunday afternoon, I received an SMS from a friend who was in Penang. It simply says "Sudden high tide hit penang. Beach flooded". I ignored the message thinking it was one of those end of the year torrential storm. Only later in the afternoon when I switched on the cable TV I realized what actualy happened. I tried calling my friend but the line was congested... even sms sent was not replied.