Wednesday and Thursday

Wednesday ended with one of my colleague, shared with us a farewell note from his friend who accepted the CTO. together with the email, he added his own remark, "Energy Receive, Energy Return, Inspiring People Everywhere.. sigh".

so when I replied, "awat Tun lagu tu?"

another person responded with "....lepas ni sure jadi issue plak cuti panjang untuk kahwin"

Thursday started with me, responding to Wednesday's email, by trying to rally their spirit and motivate them for this. among the points i mentioned to them are:

• let this be a reminder to us, that someday when we are at the managerial level, let us not be trapped in this system, and do the same thing
• let this remind us, that for us to go through this, we need to assist each other, regardless whether it's in our KPI or not.
• also, for our bosses to be able to defend us, we need to meet our KPIs as well as go beyond the KPIs.

then someone replied,

"by going beyond KPIs, then people will lower the KPI expectation".

i replied,

"going beyond KPI is not lowering the expectation. going beyond KPI is after meeting your target, you did something that add value to your work.

a simple analogy:

race car driver.

main target (KPI): to complete the race within top ten place. this will guarantee the team point(s) for the Constructor Points.

side target (beyond KPI):

1. to show to the audiences his driving skill. this will awe the audiences, thus increasing his fan base
2. to ensure the cameramen are always focusing on his car. this would increase the visibility of the sponsors whose stickers were all over the car. ultimately, seeing high visibility in the media, the companies will continue sponsoring the team.
3. again, to show his skill in the circuit. this will increase his visibility to other teams, and increase his opportunity to become the main driver for another racing team.

what say you?