Cross the valley to reach the Ally

The valley crossing problem as given by Dr. Mandi resembles the case faced by every organisation and that too in much complex,intriguing and interdependent form.

Lets look into the valley crossing problem which will give us the insight in how the things work in any organisation and how every link is important to achieve the goal as set by the organisation.If one of the link fails,the whole connected system can collapse.So what is important is the teamwork which bind the system through different and connected links.

An organisation works primarily on the concept of “TEAMWORK”. All employees, as a part of organisation, work together to achieve a common goal.

A team is a group of people with various complementary skills,working together towards a common vision. Members of a team operate with high degree of trust,accountability and interdependence.

                                                          

A list of learning through this simple yet complex activity of valley crossing are:

Equally Responsible roles: Every role which a individual in the team is possessing is equally responsible.In a team every person shares a similar role but not the same role i.e there is no differentiation of of work between the persons doing the valley crossing.The responsibility and similarity of job can be seen from the table as below:

Step	State of 1st Person	State of 2nd person	State of 3rd person
1.	Safe	Safe	Safe
2.	Half-Risky	Safe	Safe
3.	Full-Risky	Safe	Safe
4.	Half-Risky	Half-Risky	Safe
5.	Safe	Full-Risky	Safe
6.	Safe	Half-Risky	Half-Risky
7.	Safe	Safe	Full-Risky
8.	Safe	Safe	Half-Risky
9.	Safe	Safe	Safe

Instantaneous communication and feedback: for a team to be efficient the communication should be instantaneous otherwise the links i.e. the teamworkers don’t get enough time to act to make the system efficient.

Safety: Safety of every member is important and should not be compromised at any cost.If the employee feels sale while working for the organisation ,he gives the maximum to achieve the goal of the organisation.

Interlocking roles : The more interlocked the employess are the more interdependent the organisation is . And when the interdependency is maximum the profits are maximum. The team generates performance greater than the sum of performance of its individual members.

Teamwork is the fuel that allows common people uttain uncommon results.

Members help other team members realize their true potential.

Management by objectives:

              Goal: To cross the valley with the help of the log.

              Objectives: To achieve this we have to divide our work and do it safely and efficiently. This has to be achieved in nine different steps.

'Let’s do it' is more powerful than : 'I do it' or 'You do it'.

  

LE02-Khan Academy - Revisit your Fundamentals

Wow, surprised to see that Dr. Mandi this time sent us a mail which inspires everyone to realise his dream. A MIT and a Harvard’s Graduate sacrificing his job for a dream in which he can help every citizen of the globe. That is the vision of Salman Khan, founder of  Khan Academy , a initiative started to help his cousin through interactive session has now a global mission. It shows that how a continuous determined effort can make you achieve what you want. 

                                 Salman Khan at Rice University's 2012 commencement

Different types of learning are:

• Vision & Mission Statement- Every human being in this world has a vision .It can vary from ‘getting two meals a day’ to ‘providing employment to every human being’. Vision stament must be impossible to achieve and should look rosy and glamorous.As is the case with Salman Khan,who has vision To build fundamental concepts ,in every field of education, for every human on globe in an innovative manner.This vision is almost impossible but has a deeper meaning connected to it. 

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  Long term gain potential- Any idea which your mind has should always serve a purpose which has long term benefit .By looking at company say Apple,which believes in innovation and that innovation helped the company to reach newer heights everytime.And also look at Khan Academy has a long term gain potential of diversing the content in different languages and for different subjects and Salman Khan , the founder of Khan Academy, has taken the pain by quitting the job to achieve the gain.

  
  

  Live as if you were to die tomorrow,learn as if you were to live forever.

• Bounded Responsibility - Initially when Salman Khan thought to start his 'not for profit' organization he faced limited amount of resources like funds etc. and he had to make optimal decision of how to run his business.Same is the case faced by every manager at some time or the other and he has to make rational decisions within boundaries.
  

  
  

  
  

• Most Difficult thing in this world- Abundance of opportunities :  A lot of opportunities are freely floating in the pool of business world . so the biggest challenge before a entrepreneur is to categorize those opportunities according to the needs and demands of the present world and give his level best to fulfil those as seen in the case of Salman Khan.

• Positivity- one of the most important ingredients to success of an entrepreneur is the aura of positivity around him. Take any of the top executives of big companies, they are filled with so much of positive vibes about the success of their business houses that they are bound to succeed in any decision they take for their company. This effect is also known as ‘Pygmalion effect’ i.e. what you think or believe that happens.
  

  Positive revolutions will not be caused by generals and politicians,but by INNOVATORS LIKE US

• Content – It is the foundation of every business model .  Strategy, finances, human resource are all the secondary things to look upon. If the content of Khan Academy was not up to the mark it would  bound to cease.

Content is where the rubber hits the road.

• Use of technology - In traditional approach of teaching, teacher – student relationship is limited, so all round development of student is difficult. But the use of technology by Khan Academy has opened the realm of knowledge to every student by watching presentation, solving tutorials and analysing results. At the same time it is helpful for the teachers to concentrate on those students who are lagging behind by looking at their respective graphs.  So if any business has to flourish in present times it has to take use of technology to reach to the masses.

• End goal – The Organization must have the end goal in their mind. Like in the case of Khan Academy, Salman Khan wants happy and productive people.