I am a supporter of Children International. Recently I sponsored 2 new girls in Philippine and Zambia. When I received the welcome pack, it included not only their pictures and profile info but also a card and a stamp-exempt return envelope asking me to answer a few questions to introduce myself. It took me only …
Category Archives: Creativity
Our Choice
Schools are closed, events are cancelled, and people’s conversation is often around covid-19. It is uncertain, it may be scary, yet we always have the choice to be happy, hopeful, creative, considerate, helpful, grateful…
Misalignment or Engagement?
CEO called for an alignment meeting on a key topic. In the meeting, senior leaders talked all over the place and over each other. Some people felt lost or got frustrated yet I see it as positive that leaders showed interest and took the time to engage/ talk it out openly. If there is no …
Inclusion
I attended Harvard Kennedy School Poverty and Inequality Conference. The sessions are very good yet the name needs to change, not only to be hopeful but also aim for desired outcome vs. avoidance (theme: ‘toward a more just world’ is much better). I attended the sessions of identity/ fighting status quo, healthcare reform, change of …
Challenges, Opportunities
I read a forwarded FB post by a Taiwanese (unanimous) in China about coronavirus. Rather than the fear and blame as we usually see on the news, he/she wrote about the 10 changes spurred or accelerated by the crisis, e.g. store => online shopping, store for purchase => experience, work or education in the office, …
Pot lot Game
I wanted to something different for the President’s day long weekend so I looked up meetup. I found a Pot lot game, food + game sounds fun so I signed up. I stand in front of a big house, dark and quiet outside and I can’t find the #, neither a doorbell. Am I at …
Influence and Progress
I heard the lead of community management encouraged (& trained) team to use the BI model in partner selection. This is a great news and has multiple benefits, e.g. saving team time, using data to make decision, and validating the hypotheses/ parameters in pilots. Meanwhile, I saw Ops team creating guidance in the policy usage …
Human + Machine
In our last executive review, senior leaders expressed the desire of full automation/ no PM touch. Team reacted differently: some was confused (& disappointed) about the comments because the system we build/ manage is automatic, it’s the other older systems that need more enhancements. Others worried the to-dos and impacts to team. I believe the …
Little Things Matter
A big sales meeting coming up and I’m preparing the mobile app demo with my boss. The app is very straight-forward so I thought it’d take 10 min or less for the rehearsal. It took more than an hour as we were creating a step-by-step visual guide (like a story board). At first I thought …
另類元宵 Alternative Lantern Festival
Traditional Chinese New Year (CNY) lasts for 2 weeks and wraps up in 元宵節 (lantern Festival). When I grew up, my parents bought my sister and I 燈籠 (denglong); we walked around the neighborhood as well as going to the temple and燈會 (lantern ceremony) with it. And I love 湯圓 (tangyuan), bigger sticky rice ball …