New Journey - new ideas

Hi Folks, its been a while since I last blogged. Actually I had been busy contemplating being on my own.

Come to think of it, having put in 26 meaningful years of hardcore experience, one should atleast look at this choice seriously. So I thought about the same for some time and then took this calculated step of stepping on this different journey. I took this call towards the last week of May and on 1st June, I had decided.

I decided to be in HR, as that was my forte but also decided not to offer off the shelf products like ready made training modules. Instead I decided to pitch for diagnostic approach and then offering solutions (including training)to arrest the pain areas.

Getting the business is a different ball game, I learnt almost instantaneously. Some of the close associates from whom I had hopes galore were not so forthcoming and help was pouring in from unexpected corners. One of my old associate called up and told about a prospect who could be interested in what I had to offer. Similarly another colleague introduced me to another manufacturer who wanted me to control their in process rejection.

Well I am not a QC guy but fortunately in Federal Mogul, I was also looking after PPC for some time and had learnt the concepts of OEE (Overall Equipment Efficiency) as well as got training on Seven Quality Tools and TIPS (Tips in Problem Solving). So all those learnings came in handy and I accepted this assignment.

Another client is asking for help in understanding and setting up their HR systems to take their existing production level to almost ten times.

So there has been lots and lots of thinking out of the box and unlearning some of the learnings and adapting new. However "time is of essence" is better learnt when one is dealing with multiple customers who are demanding and you have to not only quickly adapt yourself to the requirement but also provide solutions that are practical.

I guess it will be another 6 months before I can settle down or would it be always like this.... I am not too sure. But one thing is sure that I am excited and enjoying this new journey and also learnings new things each day... each hour...

I am sure I have the blessings from the Almighty and good wishes from all my friends.