Colors Of The Wind

Pocahontas

Saya suka banget lagu ini. Liriknya indah dan dalam.

A company’s key to success is in its heart and soul

Few days ago, I attended a meeting. The meeting talked about how to build a winning cultures in the company. The presentation was taken and compiled from some sources. One of them was from the book "Building a  Winning Culture" which was published by Bain & Company. I just want to share some small parts of it with you, here in my blog.

The book said that winning cultures combine two elements: the high performance values and behavior, and unique personality and soul. Who we are or what we value is defined by some key attributes, as you can see in the image above. All attributes are linked to the success of the company.

The Choice I (Finally) Took

We had joy we had fun we had
Seasons in the sun
But the hills that we climbed were
Just seasons out of time

We had joy we had fun we had
Seasons in the sun
But the wine and the songs like the
Seasons have all gone

***

I took the lyrics from a song I really like, Seasons in the Sun. The song was created by both singer and song writer Jacques Brel with the original tittle Le Moribond. The song itself had been adapted into English and sung by several singers, including Terry Jacks and boyband Westlife.

Bahasa "Kasta" dalam Email

Menurut saya, kita bisa menilai kepribadian orang yang berkorespondensi dengan kita, lewat tulisan-tulisannya di email. Kalau saya bilang "tulisan-tulisan", artinya saya sudah berkali-kali berkirim email dengan dia. Dan ini email yang menyangkut pekerjaan, bukan urusan pribadi.

Pernah, saya diberi tugas jadi PIC sebuah proyek kecil. Ini bukan tugas yang saya suka, terus terang, apalagi saya harus berurusan dengan orang yang (maaf) agak lamban. Kita sebut saja namanya X. Saya kirimi email, ditunggu sehari, dua hari, tiga hari, sampai hampir satu minggu, dia nggak kunjung membalas. Fyi, nggak ada laporan email bouncing yang masuk ke inbox saya. Email itu juga saya CC ke rekan satu tim saya, dan rekan saya menerima email tsb.

Saya coba telpon si X, nggak diangkat. Saya kirimi dia SMS, nggak dibalas. Lah, maunya apa sih orang ini? Akhirnya, saya hubungi bos si X via email, menanyakan perkembangan tugas anak buahnya, sekaligus menanyakan kenapa si X sulit sekali dihubungi. Besok paginya, X menelpon saya, mengaku nggak menerima email saya, dan minta dikirimi email lagi.

Herannya, si X ini selalu memburu saya untuk segera membalas emailnya. Sore ini dia mengirim email, besok paginya dia sudah menagih jawaban. Padahal, email saya bisa lama sekali dibalasnya. SMS yang saya kirim ke ponselnya juga sering pending. Ditelpon, kalau nggak mailbox, ya tulalit. Saya jadi curiga orang ini punya kreditan yang belum lunas.

Satu lagi ciri si X. Di email, dia kerap menggunakan bahasa "kasta", entah sadar atau nggak. Dia sering meninggikan diri sendiri (dan merendahkan orang lain). Mungkin ini karena dia nggak biasa menulis.

Begini contohnya. Dia menulis "saya" dengan "Saya", "panitia" dengan "Panitia", kami dengan "Kami", untuk mewakili dia dan timnya. Huruf kapital, bow! Tapi dia menulis nama saya dengan "mbak ajeng". Duh, nggemesin banget orang ini! :))

Dari korespondensi via email dan telpon itu, saya anggap si X itu agak self-centric, ngeselin, takut sama bos. Yaaah, bisa jadi saya salah. Mungkin saja si X itu lagi mumet karena load pekerjaannya tinggi (makanya dia jadi nggak fokus). Ngomong-ngomong, apa kalian yang punya tips untuk menghadapi orang seperti X?

Gambar diambil dari sini.

Small Brain in the Ass

I've just visited my friend's blog, and read her latest posts about shopping and the needs to have "me-time", time to be alone and relax without having any disturbance (including jobs).

Well, "me-time" is just something that we all--normal people--need. Right? I think, there was nothing wrong about the posts. I knew that recently, my friend was enjoying (window)shopping alot. That was part of her job as a writer. She needs to be updated about the trend of fashion and lifestyle. But I guess, not all people who visited her blog knew about the fact. And this stupid-man-with-a-very-small-brain-in-the-ass, definitely one of them who didn't know.

Sorry if I'm rude. That was my best "compliment" for the man who put unproper comments on my friend's blog. Very annoying comments.

When my friend wrote about the needs of having "me-time" for her self, this man judged her materialistic, shopaholic, lazy, and not really pretty. No wonder, he said, she is still single until now. Yeah, real stupid-man-with-a-small-brain-in-the-ass does exist, I guess. He mentioned his name "dodol". Seriously a "dodol" person. Kampungan dan norak.

I wrote this because I know my friend very well. First, she's independent. Shopaholic wasn't really a problem since she has a good job which gives her enough to have such lifestyle. Lagian, mosok iya, pengin ngerasain me-time aja langsung dicap malas! One more thing, she's pretty. Being single is her choice, until she find the right person for her.

Actually, I don't have to write this much. All I want to say, especially to that small-brain-in-the-ass, is: don't judge people by their blog. Don't say anything that might hurt someone, especially whom you didn't know well. Try to put respects on others, please. Even the net has netiquette. Intinya, jangan norak dong.

Yah, blog memang harusnya jadi media dua arah. Makanya blogger pun mesti hati-hati dengan tulisannya, karena siapa saja bisa memberi komentar. Tapi kalau tulisannya nggak bertendensi menjelekkan orang lain, apa pantas dikomentari yang nggak-nggak?

PS: Sudah lama banget nggak nulis dalam bahasa Inggris. Ada grammar yang salah, nggak? Jadi ingat, dulu kawan saya Warouw yang suka ngoreksi kesalahan bahasa Inggris saya. Hiks, sekarang dia sibuk selalu...

Gambar diambil dari sini. Saya nggak tega menampilkan gambar small-brain-in-the-ass di ruang coretan ini.