BEHIND THE WALLS: Observations of an Employee

Story: The CXO Revolution

Sun, 18 Oct 2009 20:56:07 GMT

It is unbelievably amazing how people would change their beliefs, align their perspectives with new ones they always refused, and shift their loyalty to gain some quick benefits in this life. In the world of business, some people adopt the notion “ends justify means” aggressively to an extent that might entail selling themselves to the devil. This is the ultimate product if we recall that... [read more]

War Declared: Rumors Phase

Fri, 24 Jul 2009 15:22:43 GMT

If you were betrayed by some, Failed by the rest, What would you do? Save all the negative energy resulting from the disappointment and bitter betrayal feelings and employ it to fight back. Sometimes pulling back and fleeing is not an option. Fighting back is a must if you were stuck in the middle between two ugly choices. Attack weaknesses in an abusive manner and shake strengths... [read more]

Story: Career Path

Wed, 08 Jul 2009 23:19:00 GMT

Chief Executive Officer, Chief of Sales and Marketing, Chief Operations Officer, Chief Technology Officer, Chief …. hmmm, where’s the rest of his title? wella yallah they had too many chiefs and ran out of titles so they assigned the guy as a chief of chiefs, lol :D! So there’s this first manager you work for who sounds tough but claims he knows what’s GOOD for you, and there’s this second... [read more]

Proposal :)

Wed, 10 Jun 2009 12:16:11 GMT

So imagine receiving a proposal from a company with the following line: ý Personal picture of yourself (Be Honest, this is not a dating service). These are the contributions of my colleague to the technical proposal! If the client discovered this in the proposal before us, he would be saying: "what a professional company?! Hamdillah it was modified and for the time being... [read more]

Mind my mind :)

Mon, 25 May 2009 09:06:00 GMT

Piece of my mind: I used to think that people who are laid off when economic adversity strikes are those who add no value, or add the least value, to their organizations. Poor me, little did I know! As professional practice implies; the person who decides whether you add sufficient value in a job setting or not should be in a position that entitles them to make the judgment; which isn’t the case... [read more]

Combination for Extraordinary Outcomes

Mon, 11 May 2009 10:27:40 GMT

Solid Constant Faith + Hard Structured Work + Aggressive Determination + Passionate Dedication = Extraordinary Results [read more]

Excellence Pursuit

Sat, 28 Feb 2009 16:30:39 GMT

What is Excellence? What is delivering Quality about? Quality is to consistently apply the same structured well defined methodology that has been proved previously to succeed in solving a problem and achieving a predetermined set of goals. Excellence is not to ask the question: “What has gone wrong?” The question is rather: “What has not gone right?” Identifying problems and areas of weakness... [read more]

Gained vs. Right:-

Sat, 20 Dec 2008 16:57:07 GMT

- Me: I believe freedom is a right, and everybody is accountable for it and will be; sooner or later, asked on how they employed this freedom. - Him: I believe freedom is not a right. It is gained and it is a responsibility! Who is right and who is wrong I have no idea, but I do know... [read more]

Quality, ha?!

Sat, 13 Dec 2008 01:47:00 GMT

- So I will tell you something, which I have not told anybody else here. This means if anybody else knows about it, it will be via you and you would be the one who told them. - Ok, go ahead colleague, what is it? (I was thinking to myself, it should be some super critical information to... [read more]

Living in a World that Rejects you

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:02:00 GMT

Just when you think your battle is over you find out your battle has started. Restructurring a human attitude and way of thinking in addition to conveying your thoughts is one of the hardest tasks. It even gets harder when you are expected to reform a business where every single employee is rejecting your presence.. It’s very difficult to gain a human’s trust and build a rapport... [read more]