RAJESH MATHUR’S BLOG
A blog about sensemaking, critical thinking and systems thinking. Read insights, views, observations, recommendations and techniques from my learning and experiences.
Perception and Perspective
"Hey Rajesh, there is a perception that you don't do <X>!" The consultant that the company had hired told me. "Oh! Who in the team think that I don't do <X>? "Mate, I can't tell you that. But perception is reality." Only after few years of leaving that...
Anonymous feedback sucks, but we give it anyway!
Anonymous feedback can expose culture issues of an organisation. It can be damaging to people’s motivation and morale.
Numbers don’t lie, but you need to know the context
Numbers can fool people. They often do. Product delivery teams get hung up on metrics. Management gets fixated on numbers. Questions like “how long will it take”, “how many lines of code”, “how many test cases”, “how many bugs”, “how long will you take to fix / test...
Lessons that we can learn from inventor Marconi’s journey
This post is about the lessons that we can learn from inventor G. Marconi's journey of inventing radio. This style of writing is relatively new for me, and you can say that this is an experiment that I am running. Let's see what feedback I get and what lessons I learn...
How to manage multiple projects: a few tips
Managing timelines for multiple projects can be challenging, but with the right strategies and tools, it becomes more manageable. This post shares ten effective tips to help you handle timelines on multiple projects simultaneously.
Leadership lessons from the story of Frappuccino
I read the autobiography of Starbucks' CEO Howard Shultz recently. Even though the book was published in 1997, it was clear to me that Shultz was ahead of his time in his management thinking. I learned and gathered many lessons from the book, but the story of...
How a neighbour taught me a quick lesson in divergent mindset, and gifted me 12 books too
How a quick hello to a neighbor and a chat about books led me to learn a great lesson in divergent mindset and earn 12 free books.
Are You Making Career Transition Easier or Harder?
In my 25+ years of career, I have made many transitions to different roles, jobs and industries. Career transition can be nerve wracking, but if done well, it can be very rewarding. Here are a few tips on how to successfully transition your career. 1. Validate purpose...
Leading Change: A Story of Organisational Culture, Reward and Reprimand
Changing culture of a difficult organisation can be hard. As a change agent, you can be rewarded, or you can be punished.
I shared the team’s mistakes with everyone, then this happened…
Admitting mistakes and failures takes courage. Teams that can openly share their mistakes demonstrate good culture and growth mindset.
Users don’t know what they want, and we don’t know our users!
I was speaking with a friend yesterday who happens to be a senior leader in a big 4 bank in Australia. He told me that he recently rubbished a new feature that a group of tech and prod people brought to him for improving frontline staff’s work. He wasn't pleased that...
With this new dedicated platform to share your skills and course offerings with everyone, I continued to be amazed with the work you do.
I follow your post and blogs and I must say they are very practical, direct to the context and insightful. I always make notes and try to implement to improve at a personal and professional level. Keep inspiring us and keep writing good and useful stuff, Rajesh.
About me
Hi , my name is Rajesh Mathur. I am a consultant, coach and facilitator with extensive experience in sensemaking, delivery, software development, testing and Agile practices that I have been living for over 24 years now. Read more