Time has been moving very slowly for most of us with the current situation of virus impacting more than 203 countries at the time this post was written, but if you look from the other side time has been moving quite fast for any measures adopted to either stop the virus in entirety or containing the spread because of the nature of this invisible enemy.
Before I talk about the learnings.. I would want to take a moment and say 'Thank You!!' to all the heroes who are at the front-line fighting this pandemic which includes - all the healthcare workers (doctors, paramedics, all medical staff), pharmacists, police officers, food suppliers, shops owners, production workers, government officials, firefighters, naval guard, army & the many more who are putting their lives in the line to keep the everyone safe & the country running.
It is war & these people are no less than war heroes.
Tough times bring in tough people to test & they teach us a lot.
What did I learn from these times (well, a lot) but I wanted to share 2 key points..
No matter how difficult the situation is, it cannot be resolved until everyone works together.. the doctors & paramedics don't choose who they want to work with or what kind of ailment they want to attend to.. they just get there and start working, they are working for everyone & working together towards one cause, which is going to make a difference.
Everyday people like us, go into their jobs and then some of us have the luxury to say - 'I don't like to work this person' or 'their work is useless' and start complaining, well sorry, it's good no one like that is there on the front lines today, because if that was happening - we were never going to win it. We should learn to work together.. and we don't do it most of the times, being learned & intelligent we forget common sense. I strongly believe each person has something to contribute, we just need to be good at understanding what they can do & push them, that's the difference between leaders who 'matter' and others who are just leaders.
Again, all these efforts of the people at the front line are complimented by the people who are following the guidelines of social/physical distancing... again 'working together'.
The other learning which was significant was that when a person is fighting the war with the invisible enemy ... there comes a point when they need assistance which can be in terms of equipment or drugs which help them to fight the virus but in the end, it's their immune system which works to get the body rid of the disease. The equipment, drugs or the staff could help in getting them fight it but if their immune system doesn't respond at the end, it doesn't matter, so having an immune system which responds is very crucial.
Many firms start with an idea or a concept & forget to develop a strong immune system .. when a company faces critical times, it's their own immune system which is the core capability and interface framework (around it) which leads it to make it excel among competitors... you are fighting the war of competition & tools either outsourced or third party may be good enablers but if the company doesn't have core interface points which enable the firm to interact with those tools efficiently, they would soon loose that battle of opportunity, it might just be a matter of time. Core framework with components for each area built with security in mind keep the firm ahead of the opportunity providing it the means to position response in the right direction.
The other great thing to notice is that when it's war, the enemy doesn't care who you are, its sole purpose is just to exploit your weakest point and use that as opportunity to win, Now the question is when that happens, is the firm going to allow it to do so or not. Completely depends on everyone working towards a common goal & having a strong backbone behind.
Nature always tries to teach, it's upon the human to understand or just ignore it, the choice is always there, learning from it is upon us.
Before I talk about the learnings.. I would want to take a moment and say 'Thank You!!' to all the heroes who are at the front-line fighting this pandemic which includes - all the healthcare workers (doctors, paramedics, all medical staff), pharmacists, police officers, food suppliers, shops owners, production workers, government officials, firefighters, naval guard, army & the many more who are putting their lives in the line to keep the everyone safe & the country running.
It is war & these people are no less than war heroes.
Tough times bring in tough people to test & they teach us a lot.
What did I learn from these times (well, a lot) but I wanted to share 2 key points..
No matter how difficult the situation is, it cannot be resolved until everyone works together.. the doctors & paramedics don't choose who they want to work with or what kind of ailment they want to attend to.. they just get there and start working, they are working for everyone & working together towards one cause, which is going to make a difference.
Everyday people like us, go into their jobs and then some of us have the luxury to say - 'I don't like to work this person' or 'their work is useless' and start complaining, well sorry, it's good no one like that is there on the front lines today, because if that was happening - we were never going to win it. We should learn to work together.. and we don't do it most of the times, being learned & intelligent we forget common sense. I strongly believe each person has something to contribute, we just need to be good at understanding what they can do & push them, that's the difference between leaders who 'matter' and others who are just leaders.
Again, all these efforts of the people at the front line are complimented by the people who are following the guidelines of social/physical distancing... again 'working together'.
The other learning which was significant was that when a person is fighting the war with the invisible enemy ... there comes a point when they need assistance which can be in terms of equipment or drugs which help them to fight the virus but in the end, it's their immune system which works to get the body rid of the disease. The equipment, drugs or the staff could help in getting them fight it but if their immune system doesn't respond at the end, it doesn't matter, so having an immune system which responds is very crucial.
Many firms start with an idea or a concept & forget to develop a strong immune system .. when a company faces critical times, it's their own immune system which is the core capability and interface framework (around it) which leads it to make it excel among competitors... you are fighting the war of competition & tools either outsourced or third party may be good enablers but if the company doesn't have core interface points which enable the firm to interact with those tools efficiently, they would soon loose that battle of opportunity, it might just be a matter of time. Core framework with components for each area built with security in mind keep the firm ahead of the opportunity providing it the means to position response in the right direction.
The other great thing to notice is that when it's war, the enemy doesn't care who you are, its sole purpose is just to exploit your weakest point and use that as opportunity to win, Now the question is when that happens, is the firm going to allow it to do so or not. Completely depends on everyone working towards a common goal & having a strong backbone behind.
Nature always tries to teach, it's upon the human to understand or just ignore it, the choice is always there, learning from it is upon us.
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