Category Archives: Management Thoughts

EQ for Companies

Posted on May 14, 2009 by sinyaw

Bob Sadler introduced Organizational Culture Inventory (OCI) to a group of managers at Juniper. As he explained the concept, it dawned on me. This is the EQ for a team, or a company. There are many ways to measure a … Continue reading →

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The Art of Persuasion

Posted on May 4, 2009 by sinyaw

The art of persuasion (rhetoric) has three elements: emotion (pathos), deference (ethos), and logic (logos). Imagine this attempt to persuade you to get a dog: President Obama conducted extensive research and concluded that Portuguese Water Dog is the best choice … Continue reading →

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Insight and Strategy

Posted on February 25, 2009 by sinyaw

In the formative years of my managerial career, I ate books to facilate growth. It became a habit. Later, I would pick up books from airports or lists from New York Times or Wall Street Journal. For years, managerial books … Continue reading →

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RIF vs. Global Engineering

Posted on February 17, 2009 by sinyaw

The economy is bad. Your company considers a reduction-in-force (RIF). Geographically, how to do it? Sort sale regions by anticipated rebound speed. Infra-structure and employees spin up slowly. If a company’s capacity is not ready, it will miss the rebound, … Continue reading →

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裁

Posted on February 14, 2009 by sinyaw

别急着找工！东家把你给裁了，依法有遣散费，总有几个月的钱。先定下心，想想。谋定而后动。 想不想创业?农牧,医疗,教育.这三块大有前途.你有没有个独到的先机(每个人都有,要去想)． 不知道？没关系．够年轻的话，考虑去念个书．国外的最好，国内的也行． 还是要找活？可以。简历写的好吗？这事要花点时间，少则4小时，多则一两天。不要第一个offer就收，想好自己要做什么，老板如何，能学到什么?钱是小，前途是大。 Good luck.

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How to Change?

Posted on November 7, 2008 by sinyaw

There is the traditional corporate-style change management: get senior executive endorsement, socialize with stakeholders, build early successes, prepare for communication, etc. We are in the era of blurred line between employees and community. New change management must embrace both approaches: … Continue reading →

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Organization

Posted on November 3, 2008 by sinyaw

Management is about delivery. There are many, many ways to achieve the same objectives, some more effective than others. At the end of the days, managers need to deliver, or else. In today’s Internet world, pace, not size, wins. Above … Continue reading →

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Quality Flow

Posted on November 1, 2008 by sinyaw

What separate professional software development and amateur? The ratio of effort devoted on quality. Amateurs make it work. Professional show evidences. The amount of efforts in professional software houses devoted to quality and verification easily dwarfs standard definition of development … Continue reading →

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Go for Gold

Posted on July 5, 2008 by sinyaw

Cross posted at http://blogs.sun.com/syw Humor me. Have a piece of paper and draw the productivity curve of yourself over the next 15 years. Most people’s curve steeply go upward during their younger years (30 to 45) and flattens out as … Continue reading →

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Diversity is Gold

Posted on July 2, 2008 by sinyaw

Cross posted at http://blogs.sun.com/syw No. It is useless to counts people’s ethnic origins. What turns diversity into a competitive advantage is the difference in philosophy, perspective, or approaches to problem solving. In “The Wisdom of Crowds” James Surowiecki made a … Continue reading →

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