Reflections, Depth of Knowledge, Insights from Nature, Dew Drops, Ravichander Rao
Once in a while my mind gets into a philosophical mode. This usually happens when I am on a nature trail or sitting totally bored in my office and looking for something to do with the spare time. So my idle mind starts to think of: similarities between nature and corporate world, or an abstract concept or creating a satire.
This purple flower caught my attention in Big Basin, which in SantaCruz, Ca, USA, during a trekking trip. I was deeply amazed by what I saw as nature's team management and mentoring program. The three flowers in the full-bloom were competiting against the other, yet were in a perfect synergy. At the same time, the buds were sharing the light space with these flowers. If I look at this in its entirity, it looks so beautiful in the first glance, and yet it never makes us realize there is so much beneath this...
This is a picture of what I call as "as much over, as much under?". This was taken at lake Bei Hai Park in Beijing. The tip of the tree is touching the wafer surface, creating a sort of illusion. I am not sure whether the tip under the surface or it is a relfection of itself. I can not realize the truth unless I get inside water and make my hand wet. On a philosophical note, nothing can be realized without due efforts.
Now moving away from the trails of the nature to the boredom of the office labour... This, what I am call as "Fun at Work", is a satire. It conveys two meanings. One perspective projects it as, a group trying collectively to achieve the objective and the dynamics it undergoes at each phase. The other is, life of cycle of an employee in an organization - what keeps him going to what makes him gone...
In this one, I am trying to compare the management/organizational structural difference between a small and a large company. The model consists of interactions of two pyramids. It starts with an assumption that small organizational structure is ideal, as there is a great deal of interaction between top management and employees. There is easy flow of ideas from both sides, hence both agree with each other at equally. So this is how I ended up with a structure on the right.
In the case of a large organization because of its size, it requires representation at strategy(S) and creativity (C) levels from both the sides - different pyramidical structure. As a result there are lot of S+C planes. S+C planes are the points where interactions occur and ideas are agreed upon. With numerous S+C planes the creativity content is more, but communicating this across multiple level becomes critical and challenging.
In the large organizational structure, there are two new pyramids which are formed, as result of the arrangement. It is interesting to note about their base and the tips. They provide a good insight into the working and problems of the corporate world.
Once in a while my mind gets into a philosophical mode. This usually happens when I am on a nature trail or sitting totally bored in my office and looking for something to do with the spare time. So my idle mind starts to think of: similarities between nature and corporate world, or an abstract concept or creating a satire.
This purple flower caught my attention in Big Basin, which in SantaCruz, Ca, USA, during a trekking trip. I was deeply amazed by what I saw as nature's team management and mentoring program. The three flowers in the full-bloom were competiting against the other, yet were in a perfect synergy. At the same time, the buds were sharing the light space with these flowers. If I look at this in its entirity, it looks so beautiful in the first glance, and yet it never makes us realize there is so much beneath this...
This is a picture of what I call as "as much over, as much under?". This was taken at lake Bei Hai Park in Beijing. The tip of the tree is touching the wafer surface, creating a sort of illusion. I am not sure whether the tip under the surface or it is a relfection of itself. I can not realize the truth unless I get inside water and make my hand wet. On a philosophical note, nothing can be realized without due efforts.
Now moving away from the trails of the nature to the boredom of the office labour... This, what I am call as "Fun at Work", is a satire. It conveys two meanings. One perspective projects it as, a group trying collectively to achieve the objective and the dynamics it undergoes at each phase. The other is, life of cycle of an employee in an organization - what keeps him going to what makes him gone...
In this one, I am trying to compare the management/organizational structural difference between a small and a large company. The model consists of interactions of two pyramids. It starts with an assumption that small organizational structure is ideal, as there is a great deal of interaction between top management and employees. There is easy flow of ideas from both sides, hence both agree with each other at equally. So this is how I ended up with a structure on the right.
In the case of a large organization because of its size, it requires representation at strategy(S) and creativity (C) levels from both the sides - different pyramidical structure. As a result there are lot of S+C planes. S+C planes are the points where interactions occur and ideas are agreed upon. With numerous S+C planes the creativity content is more, but communicating this across multiple level becomes critical and challenging.
In the large organizational structure, there are two new pyramids which are formed, as result of the arrangement. It is interesting to note about their base and the tips. They provide a good insight into the working and problems of the corporate world.
