Hello world!

Its a new year folks. New year = new ideas = new beginnings blah blah. And a new blog!


Some of you may be the old faithful just revisiting out of curiosity. So, as promised you can still find my old content somewhere in the interweb, as long as you have some key words to search for it. I will let you be the web detective and figure it out.

So, why the new blog? The new blog because I am now interested in  focusing on issues that make me think. Think. Like hard.

So here goes.
This issue an interesting one -

As I work in a team of people, I realize that there are different working styles of every individual. Some people are process oriented, some people are goal oriented and some people focus on the in between.

I belong to the second category. Give me a goal and a timeline, and I will achieve it. I will do everything in my power to get from A to B, convince anyone, get any data and even pull out rabbits out of a hat. On the other hand. But I will do it my way, my time. And I will do it within the deadline. I think its comes from years of consulting and being out in the field and being a researcher.
On the other hand, I've had coworkers who do a ton of what I would like to categorise as "busy work" work which has to get done but doesnt really have any end goal or big picture attached to it. But they will meticulously come to work everyday before other people show up. Work all 8 hours that they are present. Now, interestingly, in a big company where all gets lost unless you arctually putting a significant dent into the bottomline, my coworker's approach is much appreciated.
How companies make billions of dollars where the clocking determines meritrocacy is beyond me. Furthermore, how do different people with different working styles ever reach a consensus and how do you make sure everyone is rewarded according to their own style?
For me the reward is the work itself. Because I do have some kind a strategic goal that I am working towards. I am not particularly thrilled when all I am doing is "busy" work.

And finally, if I ever start my own company, I want to build an attitude and a workplace where everyone is goal oriented and you work in whatever style you are comfortable with. Obviously, it means that if you are a sales guy you cant show up after everyone's left and cold call your customer. But I think, a workplace that encourages creativity all around the clock is the one thats most successful. On a side note, I think thats the reason America as a nation fosters creativity for this very reason.

What do you think?