Motivating people is tough. There is even a hypothesis that states that it is impossible to motivate people or employees – you can only hire the pre-motivated employee. And how do you judge motivation in a short interview – that would be another challenge on a another blog. Anyway, here is one perspective on the…
One thing that irks most laboratories is the cost of running a lab. Research laboratories are run in a non-profit mode with most of their money coming from Government grants or other sources of funds. Their motive is not profit and the primarily goal is to educate, discover and if possible invent. That requires…
There has been a superb paper in Frontiers in Zoology, that describes the landing patterns of birds. The paper writer is also an amazing feat of data collection. The team of Hynek Bruda noted landings of nearly 14 species of birds and observed nearly 15,000 birds. They noticed that the birds always landed in the…
Interesting paper in Nature that talks about how playing video games decreases the cognitive decline and enhances the multi-processing. This shows that specifically designed games, the article used a paper called Neuroracer that enhanced the brain capability. This is especially true in the aging brain and points to the need for development of cognitive enhancement…
A quote from LEGO “ Innovation flourishes when the space available for it is limited. Less is more” LEGO designers found that innovation thrives more when the boundaries are limited. In contradiction to what is thought of as complete “blue sky” freedom that is required for innovation, the LEGO designers found a big contradiction. A…
Cell change shape frequently as they move and divide but the measurement of the thickness is difficult. Current microscopy techniques can measure the dimensions in X and Y axis very accurately but cannot measure the cell thickness. Confocal microscopy, that is usually used with fluorescence dyes can measure the thickness of the cell but it…
Many companies train their employees and then tell them the rules about safety, work and other work related things but very few inculcate the values that are important to the company. LEGO is one interesting company that set very clear values on what it expects its employees to do and believe about its products: Limited…
Many displays serve as just just reflections of what the computer projects. However, it would be cool to have a display that see’s what you are looking at and then augments the display. Such Virtual Reality (VR)displays are just being created and though all the attention has been given to Google glass, there are several…
It is very difficult to judge when a person is happy. The current way of estimating is to take a survey. However, surveys are prone to failure and they are not very exciting for the surveyors. The people surveyed make a best guess of questions, based on recall. One of the toughest surveys is to…
Ole Kirk Christiansen, was a carpenter who founded LEGO toys. His story is very inspiring and amazing to see how one carpenter in one country takes it forward to create a great worldwide company. The motivating story is told to every LEGO employee but from the beginning to success was no easy road. Ole’s wife…
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