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Happy bullocks Tiny Grit

Clues To Retail Breakout

Clue 1: Data

{
“sales_info”: {
“market_share_percentage”: {
“Munch”: 40,
“Milky bar”: 30,
“KitKat”: 20,
“BarOne”: 5
},
“margin_share_percentage”: {
“Munch”: 6,
“Milky bar”: 15,
“KitKat”: 10,
“BarOne”: 12
},
“core_product”: {
“Munch”: “No”,
“Milky bar”: “No”,
“KitKat”: “Yes”,
“BarOne”: “No”
},
“new_product”: {
“Munch”: “No”,
“Milky bar”: “No”,
“KitKat”: “No”,
“BarOne”: “Yes”
}
}
}

Clue 2: Input For Prompt

The shelf has 5 columns and 4 rows. Each cell in the shelf can hold one chocolate box. So the shelf can hold a total of 5 x 4 = 20 chocolate boxes. I want to prioritize in the following order(highest priority is listed first and lowest is listed last

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Plussing

What is “Plussing”?

Short Summary

What is “Plussing”?

Making an idea or more broadly, making something better is Plussing“.

When an idea is presented in a person-to-person conversation or in a group, the human brain immediately find flaws or weaknesses in that idea. And when those flaws are pointed out, the proponent of the idea gets severely demoralised and the creative process gets derailed. This is usually called “Giving feedback“. The “Sandwich Method” that we typically use to give feedback does not work as well, because everyone knows that after a compliment a criticism in coming. ?? Due to this most feedback sessions end up with negative emotions for the recipients.

How to “Plus”?

Instead of giving a generic piece of feedback to the presenter, we should spot one or at most 2 flaws in an idea, apply our own experience/expertise to figure out how to make it better or what could be done to strengthen that idea, and suggest those as improvements. For e.g instead of saying “That won’t work it is too expensive” we can “Plus ” it by saying “Instead of hiring a full-time employee, can we sub-contract a part of this work?

This concept of Plussing can be applied in many contexts – when reviewing projects, presentations, ideas, stories, performance review discussions. In other words, whenever we are in a context where we have to give our reactions, we can use Plussing.

We, in Tiny Magiq, have been teaching Plussing to our mentees for over 5 years and it creates behavior transformation much more effectively than any other feedback technique.

What do I do if can’t Plus the idea? It is simple “SHUT UP” or do a CQA around the idea.

A longer version

Transforming Criticizers into Creators – Extracted from a superb blog post by Daniel Gogek

The criticism at meetings like these can be brutal, and this is where Plussing has played a game-changing role at Pixar. Rather than randomly critique a sketch or shoot down an idea, the general guideline is that you may only criticize an idea if you also add a constructive suggestion. Hence the name plussing

Suppose for example a team were now working on Toy Story 4. They’re reviewing a draft scene where Woody is the main character in an action scene. One animator has just created the scene. Instead of a colleague giving feedback like, “but that’s all wrong! … Woody shouldn’t look like that here …” , the practice is to say something like: “okay … what if you now make Woody’s expression here even more … ”. 

To achieve this kind of positive practice, Plussing can be summarized as three basic rules:

Rule 1: ‘Accept All Offers’

In a Word: Listen! 

Rule 2: ‘Make Your Partner Look Good’ 

Rule 3: Structure the Debate 

If you create a practice of Plussing, dialogue becomes more like a structured debate that’s both serious and yet constructive. The goal is to critically review existing work, often rigorously, and to generate new ideas that build further and create something better.

Original Source here

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HiPoHA Standup Meeting (HSM)

Conduct a HSM

What is HSM ?

HiPoHa Standup Meeting ( HSM ) is similar to a huddle. In many sports like (American) football and rugby, the team huddles before each play. The huddle is strategic: it keeps the team informed, connected, and calibrated throughout the game.

In the HiPoHa world, this is for all team to get a sense for what is working and what is not working. If time permits discuss possibilities to handle blockers

When to execute a HSM ?

It is one of the easiest things to do in the HiPoHA world.

Frequency : It should be done once a week. Setup a recurring calendar HSM weekly for 15 minutes across all the Pod/Squad members.

Duration: 15 min (Resist the temptation to extend the meeting under any circumstances. if you do the Tiny Demon will derail this meeting. )

How to execute a HSM MVP?

  1. Attendee list: Make a note of who attended / who missed. More absentees means there is a blocker already by default.
  2. Boosters: Boosters are positive experiences (happy moments, insights gained, learnings, appreciations received, recognitions received) that came from applying the HiPoHa fractals. If there are no boosters, some of you can express gratitude by mentioning a specific thing that a team member did for the team’s benefit.
  3. Blockers: Please request team members to share any blockers from the last 1 week that is affecting their ability to practice the HiPoHa fractals and journal them. Please be open-minded to acknowledge the blockers however trivial it may seem and do CQAs to understand the blocker better so that we can remove it easily.
  4. Journal: Lastly, it is very important to journal it in the Magiqspark app (this is a team journal and only one from the pod/squad need to journal this. please take turns to do this journal so that everyone gets an opportunity to journal this meeting):
    • Journals are a direct portal to our subconscious mind. The more we journal, more our subconscious mind picks up the signal and accelerates the change internally.
    • Others who have experienced similar blockers can help you and your team’s boosters can help others who have blockers.
    • Mentors can look at the blockers and make some suggestions from their experiences.
    • It also can be a reference at a future date.

How the journal looks in Magiq Spark?

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Architecture UPSA

Sat Arch Ep 31: A Story telling Architect ?

Kumaran – Give a quick overview of story stelling specifically for architects. Why? How can a story be told in 2-3 mins? Storifying the data https://youtu.be/7ioHnNTE-LM

Deepak – How can you build “What’s In it For Me” is the Zeitgeist, the architect needs to leverage storytelling to make that happen. How to tap feeling to make a good story? https://youtu.be/7ioHnNTE-LM?t=323

Nishanth – Share his insights on challenges an architect or a technologist faces when presenting to the audience. How can we talk about EBITA/Profitability to a fresher? https://youtu.be/7ioHnNTE-LM?t=893

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Program Design Program Execution Success Stories / Happy Moments

The marathon leadership journey

Soundarya (Senior Learning Consultant at Cognizant) give a step by step of our HiPoHa helped their associated improve their performance, creating happiness for themselves and customers in the process.

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/digital-leadership-program-soundarya-b

An excerpt from the article.

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Architecture Views & Viewpoints

Applying HiPoHa – Views & Viewpoints

In architecture there are View & viewpoints as defined by IEEE1471. Here we can look at using that from a HiPoHa Perspective.

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Architecture Traffic Light Model

Sat Arch Ep 29: Process Mgmt and architecture

Aligning the process of product/software development is tightly coupled with the architecture that is being built as well. We will look at how an architect can help the program/project manager customize the process for the architecture being implemented

Venkat talks about inducting new members and handling the challenges in getting them up to speed. Even though the process is “Agile” meeting biz requirements is hard. Also talks about how the business stakeholders and ask for last-minute requirements. The challenges faced in implementing it and aligning architecture to meet business needs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0r_cj…

Deepak talks about handling the above needs. He talks about aligning architecture needs and requirements with Red/Yellow/Green team members. Making the best use of skills and talent. He also explains how an architect can lead by culture change and not process change. This can happen by accountability setting using quality as deliverable. Also, Deepak gives tips on avoiding a clash with program/project manager Watch this section alone: https://youtu.be/0r_cjfHoeIc?t=1320

Ram on Handling Reds – socializing session with business and IT teams – ease-out with personal interactions – avoid day to day interactions – creating opportunities for empathizing, acknowledging their skills Handling Yellows – identify them clearly – training them – tracking closely Watch this section alone: https://youtu.be/0r_cjfHoeIc?t=1970

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General Intention orientation

Fill The Room Story – Animated Verson

This is another allegory we use in our programs. It is a popular story from Zen Buddhism. Animation by Priya Raju and the voiceover artist is her brother Raju Ravi. Please feel free to use this in your programs.

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Architecture

Sat Arch Ep: 26 What is quantum computing

Quantum computing is emerging. It will change the face of computing. What is it? When will it be mainstream? What are its applications? This episode takes a stab at it. Warning: Not for weak-hearted. 🙂

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Architecture

Sat Arch Ep 25 Part 5

Part 1 – Kumaran talks about a fundamental presumption of technology solutions that exists today. “Touch” as an interface. Not just touchscreen but even keyboards mouse. Think of a ATM or Swipe machine keypads. https://youtu.be/DKCrsFFssD8

Part 2- Gowtham Retail IT specialist talks about his insights in the Covid scenario on retail.Should we make solution long-term or short-term? https://youtu.be/kwq78J14Y0M

Part 3- Karthick talks about the impact as an integration architect https://youtu.be/lbMnwxyANXQ

Part 4 – Ramesh from Australia talks about his take from market research analyst and having lived across multiple cultures. Culture its impact on architecure

Part 5 – Deepak shares his insight on how solutions can be made long lasting. He is inspired by Lindy effect as used by Taleb.

Can “touch” go or will it stay? Watch the series. Share your thoughts or any ideas