From my trip to Mustang !

Tourism is a real deal in Nepal . I am up for it.

so thats why I made www.exoticbuddha.com for travellers !

Top ten frustrations with human resources (experiences)

so here goes the list for the frustrations with dealing with “un-professionals”, while running Digital Max Solutions

1) People take the job as a training first - execution of their responsibilities second(they are less inclined to feel responsible for their jobs.)

2) ‘Grass is greener on the other side’. is killing us. Competent manpower hard to retain for more than a year.

3) Some people work hard to impress you during the early months of their career with you, and then once they win your trust, start slacking off noticeably (intentionally /unintentionally). Am i missing something here?

4) YOu would have to invest most of your resources on infrastructure management, insurance and backup/security of the infrastructure, leaving not much resources for human resources trainings and career development.

5) Work ethics is rudimentary for most people with less than 5 years of experience. “Diligence” is in short supply amongst a wide array of young professionals in Kathmandu. Again, the current brain drain is accelerating, with it, the thinking that, “life is easy out in foreign countries” is solidifying in the young generation.

6) Constant Distractions in Kathmandu seem to affect an employee’s morale more negatively than on work. Young people are more disturbed by not being able to comprehend or able to find solutions to the complex reality of Nepal.

7) Not many people are interested in questioning themselves and their bosses about the career direction/chart. (blindly following whatever is given to them or wherever they are led). Very few are inspired enough to make a career path.

8 ) Common sense (highly undervalued and extremely deficient amongst upcoming IT professionals in Nepal).

9) “The grass is greener on the other side” thought is ingrained, plastered, super-glued !

10) “Because of My family” is the primary excuse for all deal breaking, ties-breaking decisions, some of the employees make. I have rarely seen one own up to their responsibilities cleanly. Those that have owned up, i have only abundant respect for them.

Again, this applies to most professionals i have met while running DMS and talking with other entrepreneurs in Nepal running companies in Kathmandu.

I will try to write how i have tried to counter these issues in a later post (hopefully soon).

positive news website

Isn’t there a niche for “positive”?

In Nepal, every news (newspaper, online, TV, radio and other media) veers towards negative.

Is there a potential for a “all positive news” website. An empowering website which lists current events that are positive and have potential ?

Just a thought !

www.positivenews.com anyone ?

Ujw

Why is exchanging information on web still cumbersome ?

as i work more and more in wordpress (blogging web software) I am annoyed by the way web technology still hasn’t made it easier to publish on the web after all this time.

One click (or maybe 2 click) publishing of your message, log, transactions is a must if we are to exchange information quickly transcending borders, nations and barriers.

I am focusing more and more on wordpress to make web publishing as easy as possible.

Ujw

whynepal is built on wordpress and we are thinking of moving our company website (www.digital.com.np) also into wordpress.

simplicity and ease of use rules the day.. anytime (even though it may not earn fame ).

hope to move wordpress to mobile once we learn enough of the platform.

Email checklist

Seth Godin emphasizes on the importance of email checklist that makes us better communicators.

Communication is everything specially while emailing.

He teaches us ways to communicate properly when you are using Emails.

Here are his checklists ..
http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2008/06/email-checklist.html

here are some of his points.

Am I angry? (If so, save as draft and come back to the note in one hour).
Could I do this note better with a phone call?
Am I blind-ccing my boss? If so, what will happen if the recipient finds out?
Is there anything in this email I don’t want the attorney general, the media or my boss seeing? (If so, hit delete).
Is any portion of the email in all caps? (If so, consider changing it.)

Enjoy reading it folks , tis a valuable piece of advice going on here..