Comments for Alok Tyagi's blog http://aloktyagi.wordpress.com Stream of consciousness Sat, 25 Apr 2009 17:49:59 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Bookworm by Robert Fayle http://aloktyagi.wordpress.com/2009/04/15/bookworm/#comment-6144 Robert Fayle Sat, 25 Apr 2009 17:49:59 +0000 http://aloktyagi.wordpress.com/?p=585#comment-6144 My daughter Maddie recommends the 19 books of the Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot. My daughter Maddie recommends the 19 books of the Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot.

]]> Comment on Twitter Frenzy by Adam Waid http://aloktyagi.wordpress.com/2009/03/05/twitter-frenzy/#comment-6141 Adam Waid Thu, 05 Mar 2009 13:08:29 +0000 http://aloktyagi.wordpress.com/?p=551#comment-6141 I saw this show yesterday. So funny! Thanks for sharing! I saw this show yesterday. So funny! Thanks for sharing!

]]> Comment on About Me by Michael Tim http://aloktyagi.wordpress.com/about/#comment-6140 Michael Tim Sat, 28 Feb 2009 18:05:49 +0000 https://aloktyagi.wordpress.com/8/#comment-6140 I love your site! :) _____________________ Experiencing a slow PC recently? <a href="http://tinyurl.com/makemypcfaster" rel="nofollow">Fix it now!</a> I love your site! :)

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]]> Comment on Is the world round again? by Matt Cheek http://aloktyagi.wordpress.com/2009/02/15/is-the-world-round-again/#comment-6138 Matt Cheek Tue, 17 Feb 2009 19:44:53 +0000 http://aloktyagi.wordpress.com/?p=522#comment-6138 Alok, I couldn't agree with you more. I do feel that we need to be more open to new ideas and opportunities. The free market will be able to respond more appropriately. This is a global economy, if the product is designed in Europe, manufactured in the Asia and sold local here in the US then all parties are effected. We do not need to rally the wagons in a circle and fight off all who try to enter. I have found that with new ideas and new trains of thought those will lead to new innovations. Alok,

I couldn’t agree with you more. I do feel that we need to be more open to new ideas and opportunities. The free market will be able to respond more appropriately. This is a global economy, if the product is designed in Europe, manufactured in the Asia and sold local here in the US then all parties are effected.

We do not need to rally the wagons in a circle and fight off all who try to enter. I have found that with new ideas and new trains of thought those will lead to new innovations.

]]> Comment on Visualization Techniques by Janet http://aloktyagi.wordpress.com/2009/02/10/visualization-techniques/#comment-6137 Janet Tue, 17 Feb 2009 02:30:53 +0000 http://aloktyagi.wordpress.com/?p=513#comment-6137 Nice visualization technique! The Web 2.0 advocates would be proud. :) Nice visualization technique! The Web 2.0 advocates would be proud. :)

]]> Comment on Guess who? by Manoj Juneja http://aloktyagi.wordpress.com/2008/10/05/guess-who/#comment-6134 Manoj Juneja Wed, 11 Feb 2009 20:45:59 +0000 http://aloktyagi.wordpress.com/?p=261#comment-6134 Wow....not bad! Wow….not bad!

]]> Comment on Innovation stumbling block by Bill Coleman http://aloktyagi.wordpress.com/2008/12/07/innovation-stumbling-block/#comment-6133 Bill Coleman Mon, 09 Feb 2009 14:31:16 +0000 http://aloktyagi.wordpress.com/?p=431#comment-6133 In Tom DeMarco's book "Slack", he goes to some length to point out that the only environment in which change (and innovation is a change of the first order) can occur is one in which there is no fear of failure. Any anxiety in an organization will prevent successful change. I think all three points are wrapped up in this one aspect -- that an established organization has a substantial amount of fear of failure built-in. It's that anxiety that drives people to stick to what they know, and to strive to be perfect. Innovation requires a substantial amount of experimentation -- and experiments only really tell you something when they fail. Successful experiments don't expand your knowledge. In Tom DeMarco’s book “Slack”, he goes to some length to point out that the only environment in which change (and innovation is a change of the first order) can occur is one in which there is no fear of failure. Any anxiety in an organization will prevent successful change.

I think all three points are wrapped up in this one aspect — that an established organization has a substantial amount of fear of failure built-in. It’s that anxiety that drives people to stick to what they know, and to strive to be perfect.

Innovation requires a substantial amount of experimentation — and experiments only really tell you something when they fail. Successful experiments don’t expand your knowledge.

]]> Comment on Be a fisherman by Matt Cheek http://aloktyagi.wordpress.com/2009/01/29/be-a-fisherman/#comment-6132 Matt Cheek Wed, 04 Feb 2009 15:58:01 +0000 http://aloktyagi.wordpress.com/?p=490#comment-6132 Alok, That was a great message, can I use that on my blog? I think in this economy and current situation it takes some internal fortitude to weather the storm. If you are not grounded you can get fairly demoralized. Thanks for posting Alok,

That was a great message, can I use that on my blog? I think in this economy and current situation it takes some internal fortitude to weather the storm. If you are not grounded you can get fairly demoralized. Thanks for posting

]]> Comment on Be a fisherman by Adam Waid http://aloktyagi.wordpress.com/2009/01/29/be-a-fisherman/#comment-6131 Adam Waid Wed, 04 Feb 2009 15:53:30 +0000 http://aloktyagi.wordpress.com/?p=490#comment-6131 Great thoughts Alok. Great thoughts Alok.

]]> Comment on About Me by aloktyagi http://aloktyagi.wordpress.com/about/#comment-6130 aloktyagi Sun, 07 Dec 2008 15:00:11 +0000 https://aloktyagi.wordpress.com/8/#comment-6130 Jeremy, That'll be fine. Thanks! --alok Jeremy,

That’ll be fine. Thanks!

–alok

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