INDIAN BRAINS DO WONDERS ABROAD!

FROM SAMPATH’S DESK:

  INDIAN BRAINS DO WONDERS ABROAD!

 

The other day, a friend of mine asked me, “What is it that makes Indians do wonders abroad?” Here, I am on a search for an answer.

 

Wherever big brains are at work with application of mind, right judgment and decision making, backed by an unbiased and in-depth SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats) analysis, and careful weighing of the pros and cons, evaluating the plusses and minuses, it will only be failsafe progress for the organization. And with Indian brains brimming with these sterling hallmark characteristics, it inevitably creates a 'win-win' for the organizations conerned.

 

In a fertile environment, India’s big brains think on right lines, easily fix and solve problems however contentious they may be, and advance further. The following Indian-origin intelligentsia adorn CEO posts abroad and it is not without reason they are at the helm of affairs:

 

Parag Agrawal – Twitter

Satya Nadella – Microsoft

Sundar Pichai – Alphabet

Shantanu Narayan – Adobe

Arvind Krishna – IBM

Sanjay Mehrotra – Micron Technology

Nikesh Arora – Palo Alto Networks

Jayshree Ullal – Arista Neteworks

George Kurian – NetApp

Revathi Advaithi – Flex

Anjali Sud – Vimeo

 

Analytical thinking and critical thinking are a ‘sine qua non’ and crucial like the two sides of a coin for any institution - small, medium or big. They form the ladder to climb up, progress further, scale the required heights, and emerge successful. Analytical thinking, at the first instance, involves three aspects viz. gathering the right and relevant information, focusing on facts, pieces of veracious proof and evidence, and sifting through a riot of data and information relevant to organizational success and proceed accordingly. Thereafter, one needs to identify the key issues involved using the best of logic, reasoning, compatibility and suitability, and fix them for problem-solving, as any plan, scheme and/or project however fool-proof and fail-safe it may appear on the face of it may have initial hiccups, innate and intrinsic intricacies, and other glitches surfacing as it is taken forward. Separating more complex aspects from the simpler parts by sub-dividing the information into manageable sizes along with finding patterns and recognizing trends including the identification of cause and effect is important. This will help the organization remain trendy. There is also an imperative need to understand connections and relationships - both internal and external - of any project or organization, eliminate extraneous inputs and irrelevant feedback. It is necessary to rightly organize, collate, and juxtapose - the ways and means, and causes and effects - drawing appropriate conclusions to tread the right course towards the goalpost. In short, it is like the hulling operations, or chaffing off the husk from the grain.

 

Critical thinking involves, in addition to many of the aspects of the analytical thinking, inter alia, self-questioning, assessing the possible bias or unsubstantial assumptions, making inferences from the data and information and rightly filling the doubt gaps, using even the abstract ideas to interpret the available information, formulation of constructive, innovative and creative ideas, weighing opinions, options and related benchmarks, considering viable alternative possibilities, and arriving at workable solutions to make the plans, projects and systems to run smoothly and remain robust and lucrative in the long run.

 

Besides intellectual skills and talents to the core, professional grit and gumption, never-say-die attitude, steadfastness to the hilt, never-give-up mindset and ‘go-get’ resolve at any cost and by all means - these are the clinching issues in which the Indian brains abroad excel. That answers the question in the affirmative in favour of the Indian brains to scale peaks of excellence.

 

MERA BHARAT MAHAN – MY GREAT INDIA

 

 

R.SAMPATH

3/12/2021