Hackathons – How it has worked wonders for us at Indus Net Technologies (INT.).
Firstly, in my context, hackathons are not necessarily technical / coding challenge. It is much beyond. I consider hackathon as – “a small team coming together to solve a problem in a creative or innovative way, in a time constrained environment”. The core philosophy is: – small teams (at times competing with each other) – […]
What’s keeping you awake at night? Are you managing the right risks?
Entrepreneurial life is full of sleepless nights that go into worrying about a score of problems and risks lurking round the corner. Here is my mental model around risks: 1) 90% of the problems/risks that come up on the horizon, and occupy our mind never end up happening. We overestimate short term risks. Most of […]
How do you show up at work? With hands, brain, and heart?
One can go to work with a combination of hands, brain and heart at work. And, that determines what he delivers and creates value for the organisation. Hands: refers to “doers”. They will do what they have been asked to do. They are consistent and will keep delivering what they do well over time. They […]
Explore vs. Exploit
It is critical to strike a balance between exploration and exploitation for a team member. Everyone wants growth, which comes with exploration – i.e. doing the new, learning, taking chances, and building new capabilities. This is the most exciting part of any job! Again, for every company to thrive, it must exploit the capabilities of […]
What should a scale-up company CEO essentially do?
– Sense the world to create a compelling future vision – Create and fine tune strategy to achieve the vision – Get the best people s(he) can get onboard, and align them to the strategy The above are non-negotiable. Other items can be added as per personal interest of the CEO or strength/weakness of the […]
How to be fearless?
Many businesses start to flatten out or even start declining after an upcycle. There can be several reasons for that, but one reason that stands out is ‘fear’. The entrepreneur stops experimenting and taking decisions due to the ‘fear’ of losing out. And this becomes a vicious cycle. The less decisive one becomes, the more […]
Do not write another report till you read this
It is often seen that managers write a report based on the set protocols by the company, or based on what their supervisor has demanded. Let’s ask — Why do they ask for this report? to understand your performance to understand progress in business goals to identify risks in your functions that might be overlooked […]
Exploration vs. Exploitation
People want to explore new things, experiment with themselves, and learn new things. Companies want to exploit, as they have a commercial obligation to fulfill, and they have the accountability of ROI. True happiness lies somewhere in the middle, in the balance between the two. In a profession where people’s intellect and knowledge is the […]
Exposure vs. Experience
I see many CVs with a lot of experience, but they seem to be out of sync, primarily because they do not have enough exposure. When we speak to our clients who build dedicated teams to build/maintain their products with us, we emphasize on choosing guys from our team with the right exposure and not […]
Indus Net Technologies (INT) Will Continue To Serve You As-Usual During The COVID-19 Outbreak
We are living in unprecedented and uncertain times. Within two weeks, a novel virus has split the world apart. It has changed things like never before. The challenge we face today globally with the pandemic will transcend all boundaries – health, economy, social, political in days to come. Having said that I am pretty confident […]