I first heard of the concept of Convex Leadership during a TEDTalk by R.A. Mashelkar, when he was speaking at TEDIndia in 2009. His talk discussed breakthrough designs for ultra low cost products being developed in India. Borrowing the concept, Gandhian engineering, from Tata Motors, his discussion expanded on the concept of frugality and challenging conventional wisdom in technological innovations, engineering and new product development. Getting more, from less, for more….. meaning Getting more service, from less resources, for more people. Amazing concept for the manufacturing and production world; especially for a world of depleting resources and a population that can’t afford luxurious overpriced designs.
Going back to the concept of convex leadership, the talk by Mashelkar brought up the idea of how leaders can transform the views and perceptions of those around them to focus and act as one; this type of leadership is needed to take advantage of concepts like Gandhian Engineering. Mashelkar further discusses how he came up with the concept:
Article source: http://www.robbiemadan.com/2012/01/04/the-art-of-leadership
25. “Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn’t matter to me. Going to bed saying we’ve done something wonderful … that matters to me.”
Well for those of you who are NFL sports fans, the 2011 season is now underway. It’s interesting to see all the trades and changes that go on prior to the season beginning and the announcers then weighing in on how each change will affect the team whether good or bad. Questions come up such as, will the player adapt? What will the team chemistry be like? Have they now got a ‘stacked’ team full of strength? But is it really all about stacking a team full of strong individual players? OR is there more to it?…