Who is an exceptional professional?

What is the main purpose of one’s life? It is constantly realizing your full potential”. “Even Grass grows”

An exceptional professional is one who is constantly operating close to at his/ her potential at that point in time.

the 4 dimensions to consider when building a product and Do you do that?

Enterprise software is often built without looking at all dimensions involved. The selling approach unfortunately reinforces this approach and as a result a lot of buyers do not consider all the dimensions involved in making a complete well thought out decision.

Quick Lessons from 26/11 for project managers

26/11 has been a sober experience for all of us and is certainly evokes strong emotions. I for one would not explore this from all perspectives but try to quickly distill it from a project manager’s perspective. Analogies can be dangerous and sometimes the extensions may be distorting and comparisons weak. If I do hit those notes, do excuse me for the same.

Is lesser more? - Lessons for product companies

The one significant difference I notice between Microsoft & Google as a product philosophy is while Microsoft tries to add more features, Google is minimalistic. Both happen to be at 2 ends of a spectrum. I acknoweldge that the comparison may be not entirely holistic and the product segment/ application / etc... all do play a role. However the merit of my observations hopefully is not diluted.

On helping others...

One of things that gives me a high is being able to make a difference to another human being. Over the years I would like to believe that while I have been able to help a few folks along the way and I have been fortunate enough to meet people who have made a difference in my own evolution.