DGDW update

been an interesting ride so far. 3 keynote speakers, 45 panel speakers confirmations, and more partnerships than before. iese's support in terms of faculty, advisors, administration and media, and even reaching out to Phd and GEMBA students, we have come a long way. from last year when i heard about responsible business and social entrepreneurship for the first time, today i understand what it means and have begun to interact with people from this sector. exploring what inspires people and how wonderful experiences are created from a germ of an idea.

dgdw for me has also been about learning to work with people. managing commitments, my own and of the team members, empathising and learning to leverage every individual's working style. like Ana points out to me, the key is to understand how and why a person behaves in the particular situation, in the particular way that he does. not how and why i would behave in that particular situation. from small things like being prompt on at least reading emails, or larger things to honouring commitments. not to be taken advantage of. what i dislike the most is when people try to manipulate, without having the courage to say it on the face. and then what i tell her, to be flexible, to try and figure out a best solution rather than getting worked up about how things are not working. balancing out extreme scenarios and working on a middle path. partnering with people and taking the risk. then there are difficult decisions to take - if someone is not working, how to tell motivate him to work. if i cant motivate him, confront him. if i cant confront him, i find a way of getting the work done. there is one difference - that of a formal authority. no matter the responsibility i have taken, i am still a peer. and when the volunteer has signed up, i do have the authority, but i cant use the appraisal mechanism to get him to work when the motivation doesn't work. somewhere its my fault too, that i do not have as much authority which would make him listen to me. but oh well.

and then you see the world through a different glass. who you are compatible with, who you are not. what inspires people and what makes them expect things. how you can limit your responsibility and involvement, but then at the last minute if things dont work, you know you wil step in to control things. sometimes, people leave responsibilities on you anyway, and expect you to commit by virtue of having been granted a responsibility. and you take it even when you know that in a vice versa scenario, they will not do the same. but you behaving like them to show them how they behave, has never solved the situation or conveyed the message.. has it? you rather go about your way of doing things and letting the evaluations for the one above.

in the end the t account gets squared anyway.. and things move on. life as i see it now, has just begun and the corporate world will play out this drama on a bigger and better scale. contribution, responsibility and credit aren't necessarily correlated, but then neither is satisfaction. you decide your own levels and move on. in the end its all transitory anyway. enjoy the action while it lasts.