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Elon Musk is one of the greatest business icons of the 21st century. Today May 30th 2020 SpaceX lifts NASA Astronauts to orbit and the trip to the space station was the first from American soil since 2011 when space shuttles were retired. This NY Times article covers it well  Space X Lifts NASA . This is the first time a private company has done this. This shows what a visionary Elon Musk is along with his maverick tendencies. With the passing of Steve Jobs he has rightly taken the pole position in the realm of business leaders who are considered visionaries. I read the book on Elon Musk by Ashlee Vance some years back and it is a wonderful inspiring read. Here are the lessons I gleaned.  Be in it for the long haul – Irrespective of what our aim is unless we have decided to be in it for the long haul it is very difficult for us to scale the heights that we are capable of. Elon Musk in 2008 was in dire straits. Space X and Tesla were both running out o...

Teams are the most important building block of projects, organizations, sports teams and their performance ultimately decides overall success. An important goal of a leader is to develop winning happy teams which contribute desired results. Effective team building is a critical skill for a leader to develop and the main areas which can contribute to this are Team Selection: The first step of leaders is to select the right team. The skill set needed for every project is different so it is absolutely imperative that the right team players are on boarded. Selection of a team is an art and requires some intuition along with logic. We have seen in sports like cricket, football that selection of the team is crucial for victory. There are some sports teams full of superstars and still lose because a team does not require all superstars it is more about attitude, team bonding and sacrificing for the larger cause.  Team Vision: Once the team is selected an exciting vision is crucial...

The World Quality Report for 2019–2020 says that Agile and DevOps are more important than ever. Broader skills are now needed to be lead in QA including Artificial Intelligence capabilities among other skills. The key finding is the QA function must contribute to business growth and business outcomes. Of course, we should detect software defects before go-live. The trends that are now in demand relate ability of organizations to quickly scale up automation, improve management of test environments and ensure there is an approach to increase the skills of the testers in the organization. It is imperative organizations stay ahead of key software testing trends to save money and prevent failures. These are the thirteen trends that can build a robust QA organization that will thrive in the future. Quality Engineering skills:  Right now, in the current landscape there is a lot of demand for software development engineers in test (SDETs). It is imperative that as an organization w...

What makes some people very successful? What are their thought patterns which make them super successful? This is an interesting area I would like to analyze and deep dive. Success according to me is to decide what you want your life to stand for and then take daily action towards that vision. If you are in the process of progressing towards your personal vision there in lies your definition of success. Once you are going after your vision then it shouldn't matter what others do. This will eliminate needless competition and comparisons which are the seat bed of negative vibes and emotions. Here are the 12 ways the super successful think and act. As Shiv Khera said "Successful people don’t do different things they just do things differently." They define what success means to them   — This is truly the most important step for anyone to take. Without defining what success means to us it will be very difficult to be content or happy. One of the best definitions o...

I got inspired by Kevin Kelly who shared his lessons for his 68th birthday 68 bits of advice . I thought I would do the same on my favorite topic success as today is my birthday (May 25th). Here are my thoughts on how to become more successful and enjoy life. There are 43 keys I have identified and we all do well in some areas and we can improve in other areas. This comprehensive list can increase our awareness and help us on our journey towards greater personal success. First off before we start I wanted to say that no one else can define what success means to us. This is just my list on what can help us on our success journey. If we are moving towards something that we want and we are making progress then that is where you can find your version of success. We have all known people who have had so much public success but they never felt successful. So it is something which each individual has to define for themselves. Here are the 43 keys I have identified that can help us on our ...