Delving Deeper

Time just flew....cannot believe that it's been 20 yrs since I completed STD X at Marian Junior College (Old name for Marian Sr. Secondary School, Kalathipady, Kottayam). Excited about meeting my classmates and teachers at the 20th Anniversary Re-Union which is scheduled for tomorrow (26th Dec) at Kottayam, the land of 3 L's (Letters, Latex and Lakes). Social media was the backbone for Organizing this event, thoughts about which were initiated about 2 yrs ago :-) Facebook page, which was created to link (and search) the batchmates (V-Marians 1979-92) helped us reach out to over 65 batchmates - over 25 have confirmed to attend the first such event organized by any batch from our Alma mater. Looking forward to the D-day tomorrow.

Chanced upon a link to a free article on astd's website where the authors take a time m/c trip to track the 'future' of Learning. You can reach the article http://www.astd.org/TD/Archives/2010/Jul/Free/1007_LookingAheadAt.htm I really think that Prediction No. 5 - 'Peer-to-Peer' is a thing to watch out for.. My earlier post about the progress of Facebook type applications aimed specifically at Corporates - Vivek Paul's new company is testimony to the pace at which things are progressing in this area.

Well, it's about time Kochi got it's true of IT mind space. Here's a link to a post on Manorama online - featuring an interview with my boss. http://www.manoramaonline.com/cgi-bin/MMOnline.dll/portal/ep/itcontentView.do?contentId=7558235&programId=6306068&contentType=EDITORIAL&BV_ID=@@@ Best wishes to Kochi :-)

Interesting update from ET Headlines of today.. http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-company/corporate-announcement/Vivek-Paul-turns-entrepreneur-with-KineticGlue/articleshow/6235092.cms Glad to see the idea catching up in India.. Exciting times ahead I'm sure :-)

A laudable effort by SHRM India - here's an article by Pradeep Mukerjee on their site .. I thought Pradeep hit the nail on the head with this statement: Understanding business: why is it important? It is extremely important for any professional to understand what the business he or she is in is really about. Without such an understanding a professional will have a limitation in appreciating how his or her role contributes to the larger whole. A role may boil down to a set of tasks - done because they need to be done. We all know what that does to an individual’s motivation levels.

Happened to get a link to Workforce's research page where I found an interesting use of Web 2.0 principles for Workplace Process improvements...You can find more details on this link http://www.workforce.com/archive/feature/27/06/75/index.php