Jae Subramoney

Tag: culture

  • Taking on a Leadership Role : Lessons learned as a Toastmaster Treasurer Part 2

    Taking on a Leadership Role : Lessons learned as a Toastmaster Treasurer Part 2

    First off, this role is actually pretty easy. It’s much easier than you initially think, especially when you approach it with the right mindset which is get your tasks done early. In this article, I’ll take a brief look into the Treasurer role itself in Toastmasters.

  • Taking on a Leadership Role : Lessons learned as a Toastmaster Treasurer Part 1

    Taking on a Leadership Role : Lessons learned as a Toastmaster Treasurer Part 1

    Typically I don’t like stepping up for leadership roles of any kind, but I must admit, not only did I find this enlightening, it grew me faster than anything else before. Leadership roles shows you what you’re capable of, broadens your vision and shows you what more you can achieve.

  • How one Generation can help another

    How one Generation can help another

    A few weeks back I bumped into an old retired gentleman in a cafe. He was South African Indian like myself and we got to chatting. I really like chatting to older folks because they have interesting insights about the world and how they lived their lives.

  • The Opportunities of Open Source

    The Opportunities of Open Source

    Open Source mainly refers to software. It’s this idea that code for software is freely available and open for modification. Hence the name Open Source. Ergo, it also means that the software itself is freely available too. Yet Open Source software still hasn’t reached mass adoption; and I honestly wonder Why.

  • The Culture Trap and How to Escape it

    The Culture Trap and How to Escape it

    Its quite astonishing to realize that modern day culture has supplanted many valuable aspects of older cultures. This has been so effective, that GenXers and Millennials find these valuable aspects of the older cultures to be outlandish. This is the culture trap, and we need to escape it.