We all know perception is not fair, neither real yet it’s hard to recognize and reject it. Especially when we’re dealing with perceived-difficult people, it’s hard to ‘really’ listen; yet when we do or reflect later, we’d realize that, no matter how the person is, he/ she has provided valid points or good suggestions, at …
Category Archives: Creativity
Change it Up
I haven’t taken any day off this year. Due to Covid-19, I’ve cancelled my March trip and have been working from home since March. If not going anywhere, why waste vacation days to stay at home? Yet the good news is that many of the physical events have moved online and become free. I came …
2020 Class Commencement
I came across Dear Class of 2020, a virtual commencement (due to Covid-19) by many super stars, e.g. Barak and Michelle Obama, Beyonce, J-Lo, Malala, Bono, etc. It reminded me that 17 years ago SARS took my college graduation ceremony. Asia was hit the hardest at that time yet countries rebuilt stronger economies afterwards. Taiwan, …
(Good, Bad) Luck?
This week we had a technical incident and I was brought in at last minute to open a P1 ticket to declare it as a critical incident and inform teams/ stakeholders. At that moment, it was nerve-wracking as it’s my 1st time to do so, at the end of US work day (most of my …
Creativity Everywhere
I tried to peel a label off a glass jar…Normally, the glue is applied as 1 vertical line so it’s easy to remove the label but for this one, the glue seems to apply across the jar in several horizontal lines, it’s hard and slow to peel pieces of label off. I recalled a trick …
Pay Attention
Today in my walk around the neighborhood, I noticed 3 things: 1st are a bunch of ‘purple ball’ flowers on top of green sticks, like a lollipop and 2nd are ‘pink hearts’ flowers hanging between the leaves. I googled and found the purple ball is called Allium, also known as “ornamental onions”. The pink heart …
Listen, Thank you, Move On
Have you had meeting with people ‘dominating’? Not only does the person talk a lot but also raise topic out of context or demand more without appreciation or concerning the reality. What can we do? We could defend or explain yet it’s unlikely to achieve an outcome either side wants. What’s more productive would be …
Think Walk
I observed myself in the past few weeks when I have the best focus to do hard works and when I’m most creative. There doesn’t seem to be a difference on concentration for the morning or the afternoon if I have important tasks at hand. Yet, I come up great ideas at break, e.g. during …
Happy Mother’s Day
Happy Mother’s Day to the smart, caring, and dedicated women. Whether we have children, each of us has touched many lives. If we can be a good boss, mentor, teammate, friend, neighbor, or simply a good person is a positive contribution to the world!
Commitment
A roller coaster ride this week…while preparing a big feature development and team collaboration, I received a shocking news of an executive, my core team member’s departure. When my boss said that he is not worried that we’ll work this out. On the one hand, I appreciated his confidence in me, on the other hand, …