My Twitter page is a wealth of information. If I were to hit refresh in intervals of 1 minute, I know I would get at least 10 more tweets with references to posts, articles, thoughts, questions, event notifications… everything I am interested in, from the people whose thoughts I value. It’s a chain of information passed on from the every corner of the world. My twitter page is my global knowledge repository. I can choose to find information on anything I am interested in, simply by searching for people who tweet about it, find them and follow their conversation. I never knew the real power of micro blogging until I became an active Twitter user.

The power of micro blogging applications such as Twitter lies in the fact that it is less intrusive yet very collaborative. I am able to shrink my messages to 140 characters or less, thus making it a concise and to-the-point communication tool. I am able to share reviews about a book I am reading or an article that I stumbled upon.  The objective is to share with the belief that someone somewhere read it and it helped.

I have seen that it has always been a struggle for the leaders in any organization to create a culture of collaborative teams; for employees to openly share best practices, lessons learnt, queries, ideas, and thoughts; amongst fellow team members, across project teams and departments; in a common, efficient and non-intrusive way. But If micro blogging works globally to bring people together from the corners of the world to collaborate on a common topic, in an efficient non-intrusive communication channel, while building a knowledge-base on the fly, and easy to maintain… then

WHY NOT use micro blogging as a tool within the firewalls of an organization to achieve the exact same results?

Stay tuned for “The Microblogging Workplace – Pros and Cons” - Coming Soon!

This morning, I put on my blue jean once again. It’s just another day for two partners in crime.

My jean looks worn out, its fading away. Wrinkles on its face is the experience that shows.

The mud and the coffee stains barely visible, these are the scars from those tough times past.

There are bruises neatly tucked away in secret places, from fights fought hard – some victorious, some in defeat.

Nevertheless, my jean protects me bravely till its last thread, from a world so brutal and unapologetic.

I trust my jean, a leader in every right.

This is a theory of leadership, the Jean Theory.

Look around us, there is evidence of the qualities and the attitude of leadership everywhere. All we have to do is to pay attention.

I have always been lazy, from the time I can remember. Probably the first thing I did after being born, is yawn. I am that lazy. Its not easy to get me to do anything unless I want to. So, not only am I lazy, I am also stubborn. Boy! Thats a tough combo. Those who know me well.. hmmm…. they say I need to be more “smart”. Can’t I be both? I guess if the meaning of “smart” for them is to be quick and spontaneous and prompt in action, I understand. But my meaning of “smart” is the other meaning – intelligent, clever, witty, effective, etc. So, thats why I disagree when I am told I need to smart and not lazy. I am both, if you know what “I” mean.