I read from Peak Performance that highly successful people, e.g. Barak Obama, Mark Zuckerberg, Steve Jobs have very simple/ consistent wardrobe to minimize decision making on trivia things and save the energy to focus on more important things. A benefit of working from work is that I don’t need to make wardrobe decision now. I …
Category Archives: Creativity
Reflection
We had a global all-hands town hall meeting. In the meeting, COO shared 3 numbers (3—4880—0) and asked everybody to guess what they mean. The answer was ‘in 3 weeks, we’ve moved 4880 to work from home (due to Covid-19), and 0 production issue. WoW, what an achievement and collaboration across-functions! COO then played a …
Humanity
I received an email from an old colleague/ friend in China who asked how I am doing as she saw the news of Covid-19 outbreak in US. She said her husband and children went to WuHen (1st outbreak/ most seriously infected area) for Chinese New Year. The outbreak ‘grounded’ them there for 50 days and …
Smart Kindness
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 …
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 …