Indian Heathcare sector on the High

Interesting read on the healthcare special by Punita Jasrotia in SpiceRoute


Healthcare sector indeed on a high with government's encourage and private sector players making all the right moves.

Not surprising that India has become the Medical Tourism destination of choice!!

Lean IT vs Six Sigma

The confusions between the concept of Lean IT and Six Sigma still exist. Many I times, I get asked the same question, "Can you tell me how Lean IT differs from Six Sigma?"

Simply put, Lean IT is about waste reduction/removal and Six Sigma is about defects.

Cloud Changing the Tech Landscape

Read an interesting article on the wired: http://www.wired.com/2015/10/meet-walking-dead-hp-cisco-dell-emc-ibm-oracle/

It shows how cloud is changing the technology landscape. Smaller companies with focus on cloud are emerging stronger and better than the traditional tech majors.

It definitely makes sense to "Go Cloud".

Lean's aim

If we use Lean as a mean to employee reduction, it is not a right way to go. First focus on removing the waste - on quality and process improvement. Other benefits come in as by product.

But if you go ahead with the "by product" as your goal, you are on the wrong track.

Sanjna Kapoor's Junoon

Sanjna Kapoor is one personality I admire. Despite being from an iconic family, she is simple and innovative in her ways to make theatre popular.

Sanjna Kapoor’s Junoon – a rather interesting article. Good one Punita!!

Cloud provides Agility

Read somewhere recently the agility that cloud provides

"One of the most important benefits provided by cloud technologies is agility. The business and IT support are more agile. Users are able to connect to services more quickly, with fewer mistakes and greater consumption. IT is more flexible. Cloud solutions provide IT with the ability to support users from anywhere at any time, adapt to business and market demands, and manage projects with greater efficiency. Business owners can create and manage services they deem necessary. Business users can consume these services much more quickly. And IT is free to be more innovative. The speed of delivery and ease of use improves the business and enables self-sufficiency. Accessibility to knowledge is increased, and the process now adds value rather than a burden. Cloud solutions provide a more agile way to empower the business."

Lean IT is a culture change

I often get asked 'As per Lean IT, what the things that we should implement?'

But what people tend to forget is Lean IT is not a magic tool that can be implementeted and you begin reaping the benefits than after.

Lean IT is about analyzing your proces, your operations, your efforts, your work and people--and understanding what are waste in your process/operations/work/people and removing the waste.

Unless you analyze and understand the waste, you can not implement any improvements.

Please understand that Lean IT is about empowering the frontline resources and bringing in a change in the culture of your organization or operations that focuses on waste removal!!