How To Turn Executives Into Wizards

Errors of Judgement Can Cause Horrors Crash of Life, Careers, Marriages, Families, Friendships,  Businesses, Projects, Cars, Planes, Missiles, Spaceships “ Judgement!!” exclaimed the cricket commentator, when a fielder stopped the ball just short of the boundary, secured a direct hit and bagged a wicket for his side. In that one word tinged with high excitement, the commentator summarised judgement skills like learning, motivation, understanding, concentration, commitment, attention, experience, choosing options, etc. The acid test of judgement, as this anecdote shows, is in the result. A keen sense of judgement is the master key to success in all fields. Dr Noel Trichy’s statement  makes clear the singular make-or-break nature of this virtue: With good judgement, little else matters. Without it, nothing else matters. When masters of judgement gain mastery, they become champions, demonstrate sustained high-level performance that turns them into legends, and some, even histori...

The Age of Visionaries The recently observed ‘World Intellectual Property Day’ brought into stark focus two very significant facts: (i) India is number 1 in terms of number of engineers and, (ii) India ranks 42 nd out of 55 countries in the latest International Intellectual Property Index.   This reveals that we have before us the enormous task of igniting and inspiring the minds of engineers and helping them become visionaries to create intellectual property that will help India rise in the ranking on the IP Index.   The word ‘visionary’ for some reason brings on the response of ‘no, not me’ in many bright people. The purpose of this blog is to convince such doubters that everyone is born with vision and that it can be developed and turned into creativity, which brings about miracles.   At the outset let us be clear about what exactly is involved and what are the sources of creativity?        According to Lexico, creativity means "the use of ima...