Comments for Kartik Subbarao

Comment on Mentors and Dementors by Rush Kester

Rush Kester — Sun, 20 Mar 2011 12:04:55 +0000

The real take away from the mentors is always listen with an open mind and don’t let your emotional reaction to the dementors get in the way of your thinking.

Comment on Bonus Fund: Empower employees to fund initiatives with company-matched bonus money by Eliseu Belculfine

Eliseu Belculfine — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 15:15:22 +0000

Congratulations Kartik!

Comment on Mentors and Dementors by Tim Chambers

Tim Chambers — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 21:26:05 +0000

I’ve been there with the mentors and dementors. Reminds me of the prayer of St. Francis (made popular by Steven Covey): “grant that I may not so much seek to be … understood, as to understand.”

Comment on Open Source and Interdependent IT by Kartik Subbarao

Kartik Subbarao — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 13:46:47 +0000

One of the resources that I mention in the article is Patty Seybold’s blog on Outside Innovation:

http://outsideinnovation.blogs.com/

Check it out and I think you’ll get a good appreciation for the kinds of collaboration that are possible between employees of a company and its customers.

Comment on Open Source and Interdependent IT by Achutaramiah kala

Achutaramiah kala — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 08:27:35 +0000

Hi Kartik,
Nice attempt, but I am not able rel;ate it well since I am not attuned to to the IT processes and jargon. Can you make an attempt to tailor / model it to the industry in general?

Comment on Mentors and Dementors by David Faltermier

David Faltermier — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 16:54:55 +0000

What a great explanation. Great emphasis on the importance of wise counsel in recognizing our blind spots. I’ve experienced loss in project sponsorship in the past because I lacked discernment in balancing my own priorities with those of my manager(s). I’ve also been fortunate to have managers run interference for the team, keeping dementors at bay so the team can get their jobs done.

Comment on Mentors and Dementors by Bruno Cornec

Bruno Cornec — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 17:00:05 +0000

For sure, I can recognize situations I was involved in within the companies I worked for. I also attended an interesting training once in order to help Technologists present to VP, manage conflicts, get more business acumen… All of that, as well as mentors are useful to improve our position as Technologists. Now, I wish dementors would behave as openly and with as much curiosity as many Technologists, including yourself, behave. That would change the world.

After all everybody knows Einstein, Kepler, Pythagore, but long forgot the guys who were in charge of their finances For me, technologists are really those who help make the world progress, maybe also because they are able to come over dementors.

Comment on Mentors and Dementors by Parakram

Parakram — Sun, 16 Jan 2011 11:25:01 +0000

I like the distinction you did between ‘mentors’ and ‘dementors’.
My best line … ‘but all I did was point you to what you already had within yourself.’ – He did not tried to change or influence his thought process, and that is very important.
I think we should not only recognize and encourage our own potential but also of others too. The way the nature of work is turning these days the mentorship model cannot survive without a slight dementor flavor.
Better all these types than the ‘demontors’.

Comment on Mentors and Dementors by Harry Sutton, HP

Harry Sutton, HP — Sat, 15 Jan 2011 16:56:26 +0000

Interesting and well-developed analogy, Kartik; I like the imagery and the notion of a de-Mentor, the antithesis of someone meant to assist and develop ones potential. At the end of the day, the point is to recognize the strengths and weaknesses in your own position as well as that of your co-workers, and work to find common cause, at least insofar as that forwards the primary objectives of the business.

It’s all to easy for each of us to slip into our own cocoon of self-interest, especially on projects in which we are strongly vested. But it’s almost always best to accept input from all quarters with an open mind, and that’s the message I’m hearing in your post.

Comment on Personality Type and the Open Source Community by Kartik Subbarao

Kartik Subbarao — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 22:49:29 +0000

Thanks for your comments. I agree that MBTI is a powerful tool and can be used effectively in an IT environment.

Regarding the potential for hyper-critical behavior among NTs, from my experience (ENTP) as well as interacting with others, NTPs are no slouch in this department I would say that NTJs and NTPs can have different ways of expressing this behavior. The flip side of this is how well-developed NTJs and NTPs are also good at using logic to build common ground and bring people together.