Forty years ago, on Oct. 29, 1969, a UCLA team sent the very first message over the ARPANET, the computer network that later became known as the Internet.
That event ushered in a technological revolution that has changed the way people think, act and interact.
A few decades ago, no one imagined the transformation that would dominate ahead and effect everyone’s life.
The experts didnt even see it coming.
Some random checks from History and Daily life:
- Checking your Facebook/ Orkut page before making the morning tea/ coffee?
- Googling any and every/ one? Of course a befitting entry for Google into Oxford Dictionary!
- Visiting WebMd.com or any such medical site to check your symptoms to decide whether or not to call a doctor?
- Taking Live Tuition Classes (tutorvista.com)
- And Griffith University is now requiring all of its journalism students to take a Twitter class.
- Booking your Rail and Bus tickets online. (irctc.co.in and redBus.in)
- Daily Life Chores – rememberthemilk.com
- And many more such examples, and endless story…
In that year these all would have been any Hollywood director’s fantasy for a storyline of pure science fiction.
And it isn’t the technology that would have interested them. It’s our changed behavior.
Unlike the Industrial Revolution, which revolved around the assembly line model of human progress, the Internet age represents the Interactive process.
This interactive process – not linear progress – is now the highest form of human endeavor. The Internet Revolution teaches us that we must be able to change, adapt and collaborate in situations where the end result is unpredictable.
In the 21st century, in the blink of an eye, we have changed our most basic ways of proceeding in the world.
So wishing a very Happy Birthday to Internet.
Bill George, a Professor of Management Practice at Harvard Business School has recently published 7 Lessons for Leading in Crisis,
According to George, here are the 7 principles:
- Face reality, starting with yourself.
- Don’t be Atlas; get the world off your shoulders.
- Dig deep for the root cause.
- Get ready for the long haul.
- Never waste a good crisis.
- You’re in the spotlight: follow your True North.
- Go on offense: focus on winning now.
Here’s what George has to say about this dilemma:
One of the great myths of leadership in recent years is that leaders have to appear strong and invulnerable to mistakes and pressures. All of us without exception make mistakes and will capitulate under enough pressure. The key is being open with others, taking them into your confidence, admitting your mistakes, and looking to them for advice and support. Rarely does anyone turn down a leader who genuinely asks for help.
Yet we’re exposed regularly by the media to the stereotype of the flawless leader who always has an answer and is never left questioning a decision. While most leaders know this is a fantasy, they still struggle with admitting their own vulnerability when a situation goes awry and crisis strikes. It’s as if doing so is tantamount to admitting failure as a leader.
What are you supposed to do to avoid this?
- Express humility.
- Reveal (selective) vulnerabilities.
- Cultivate an air of openness.
- Encourage candor by embracing it yourself.
Nothing is more discouraging than the unappreciated sarcasm
Life has his own charm, feeling discouraged and disappointed that how come a sincere approach had been taken in such a wrong way.
Google has created an ecosystem while no one was watching that will forever change the dynamic of software development, to the detriment of Microsoft and Apple.
Google is also leveraging a dominant platform (in this case, the Web, the largest platform there is) just as relentlessly as Microsoft and Apple have done, but with an open source philosophy that encourages others to compete.
Read more about it at:
http://industry.bnet.com/technology/10003668/how-googles-ecosystem-changes-everything/
The ecosystem that Google is creating includes a number of succinct parts, but they have to be understood in the context of Google’s overall strategy, which is quite simply to encourage end users to spend as much time online as possible.
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