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Nudge in Public Policy Making (1) – Schiphol Urinary

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Picture taken from http://www.hoax-slayer.com/fly-in-the-toilet.shtml

See the picture above? It says:

In Amsterdam, the tile under Schiphol’s urinals would pass inspection in an operating room. But nobody notices. What everybody does notice is that each urinal has a fly in it. Look harder, and the fly turns into the black outline of a fly, etched into the porcelain. It improves the aim. If a man sees a fly, he aims at it. Fly-in-urinal research found that etchings reduce spillage by 80%. It gives a guy something to think about. That’s the perfect example of process control. 

Interesting isn’t?

The Monkeys Experiment – How Culture Affects Behaviour (Organizational Context)

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At my current office, we have a regular monthly session on learning & sharing things among the employees. I had the chance to present my topic on February 7th 2013. I brought up a quite controversial but fun topic which related to “monkeys”. What I called up to sharing act based on a story which actually is not new at all. The story of the Monkey Experiment has been heard and known by many people for a long time. It was the experiment that took place sometime betweekn 1967 in Brazil by a scientist: G. R. Stephanson, under his work titled: “Cultural acquisition of a specific learned response among rhesus monkeys”.

So in short, I just like to share with you the PPT and video of this learning session. Hope you can enjoy it! Happy learning.



Bekerja hanya memakan 1/5 dari total jam setahun

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Dalam setahun, kita bekerja hanya sekitar 22% dari total kegiatan kita, atau dengan kalimat lain hanya sekitar 1/5 waktu yg kita miliki setahun dipakai untuk bekerja.

Mari kita hitung bersama hari dan jam yang kita miliki dalam setahun:
- 1 tahun = 365 hari
- 365 – 104 hari sabtu/minggu = 261 hari
- 261 – 19 hari libur nasional = 242 hari
- 242 – 15 hari cuti resmi = 227 hari
- 227 – 12 hari cuti tak resmi = 215

Jadi total hari bekerja setahun adalah 215 hari. 215 hari x 9 jam normal bekerja/hari = 1,935 jam.

Nah setahun ada 365 hari x 24 jam = 8,760 jam.

1,935 jam bekerja setahun dibagi 8,760 total jam setahun hanya = 22% atau sekitar 1/5.

Jadi sebenarnya kita tidak punya banyak alasan untuk bilang “aduh sibuk banget nih gak punya waktu” untuk kegiatan yang lainnya bukan?

Strategy without Culture is NOTHING!

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Culture Eats Strategy for Breakfast

“Culture eats Strategy for breakfast” said Peter Drucker, the man who invented management. What does it mean? From my point of view is simple: no matter how good is your (business) strategy, without support of good culture, is nothing. Your strategy is already stuck at the first place because lack of supporting culture.

Culture is the essence in every level of organizational behavior. It defines how a person should work, organize and interact with others. It is the foundation of personal and team work performance. Moreover according to a study conducted by Booz & Co, they defined culture as: its self-sustaining patterns of behaving, feeling, thinking and believing. All these patterns are accommodating your attitude and behavior in your workplace. They way you behave and feel will define your relationship with your co-worker, the way you think and believe will lead to how good you make decision, and so on.

 image source: www.21lobsterstreet.com

But here’s the thing. Everyone in the organization has different personal culture one to another. Continue reading →

Forgiveness and Love – a spiritual lesson from Les Miserables The Movie

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Baru beberapa hari lalu saya berkesempatan nonton film Les Miserables bersama teman-teman saya. Terus terang selama ini saya belum pernah membaca novelnya ataupun menonton film versi lamanya. Hanya sering mendengar bahwa novel Les Miserable yang dikarang oleh sastrawan Perancis abad 19- Victor Hugo ini, yang dipublikasikan tahun 1862, sangatlah terkenal dan masuk kedalam daftar selusin novel terbaik sedunia.

Film adaptasinya yang baru sangat berciri khas Holywood dengan deretan all star castnya seperti Hugh Jackman, Russel Crowe, Anne Hathaway, Amanda Seyfried dan lainnya. Bagusnya film tersebut mempertahankan ciri khas musikal yang diangkat dari pertunjukan Broadwaynya yang sudah lama populer. Para aktor pun memainkan peran yang apik termasuk menunjukan kebolehannya bernyanyi. Secara singkat film ini saya beri nilai 9 dari skala 10, dengan alasan cerita yang bagus, akting yang bagus, editing yang apik dan keseluruhan komposisi musik yang luar biasa.

Okelah, tujuan saya menulis blog ini bukan untuk sekadar memuji-muji film tersebut. Tetapi saya ingin menulis sesuatu yang amat terkesan dari film tersebut yaitu nilai dan makna yang dikandungnya, yaitu Pengampunan dan Cinta Kasih atau kerennya Forgiveness and Love. Saya yakin teman-teman sudah banyak yang tahu plot-nya. Bila tidak, mungkin bisa langsung membaca dari link berikut: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Mis%C3%A9rables.

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Guest Lecture at FEUI on Marketing Management: Segmentation, Targeting & Positioning – A Case Study of Vitacimin

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Last Saturday morning I had a chance to be a Guest Lecture to my almamater FEUI, on Marketing Management. I shared a topic which titled Segmentation, Targeting & Positioning – A Case Study of Vitacimin. My purpose was to share the real practice of a basic marketing strategy from conceptual framework into implementation. The participating students in the session were estimated more than 300 persons. It was very fun and excited to be back to my old campus again. Moreover I was very glad to give the lecture to  enthusiastic students. I really appreciate it, thanks FEUI.



 

Get fun with Excel Tricks!

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Today I conducted a training on MS Excel Tricks. It’s really fun.

Excel Tricks Sharing Session

Prior to give the training, I sent out a teaser invitation to my colleagues, as you can see below:

Here’s the fact! You will never get rid of that MS Excel from your daily work, or even from your Laptop’s Software….. NEVER!  And you won’t be able to avoid it!

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But many of us would say: “Excel is difficult to follow…” “I only use Excel for basic formulation”… “Excel is nothing more than SUM and AVERAGE…”. Say that you‘ve been troubled with those things and got dizziness in using your Excel effectively and efficiently….?

 Well, using MS Excel is supposed to be FUN, FAST and USER-FRIENDLY, at least that’s what MS Excel was made for.

I.E Can you delete one row in 2 seconds without even using your mouse? Here’s the clue, in your excel sheet place your cursor on the row that you want to delete, then press ALT-E-D-R-ENTER.. there you go!

 See how fun and fast it is? That what is called Excel Shortcuts… Moreover, without using your mouse when working with Excel can increase your working time effectively and efficiently by 30%!

 

 Hence, you can learn more about the Excel Shortcuts if you join the MS EXCEL Training program – Beginners to Intermediate level.

 Venue             : at one of the newest and most recent furnished buildings in SCBD à Office 8 Takeda Office – Training Room

Date & Time   : Friday, September 14th 2012, at 16.00 – 17.30 – relax! You still got time for your TGIF preparation :)

Trainer            : Danny Kosasih – ehemmmm :)  hey this is a PRO BONO project….LoL

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 NOTE: PLEASE BRING YOUR LAPTOP TO THE VENUE!

 So get ready to rumble with EXCEL!…. and let’s make yourself a ROCK STAR at work!….

Warung Bistik Makedonia

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Just get into Soft Launching of Warung Bistik Makedonia.

Memperkenalkan Nasi Goreng Bistik, Bistik Komplit dan Bistik Gehag. Semuanya unik dan lezat menggugah selera.

Lokasi: Jl. Pangeran Antasari No.44. Cipete Selatan. Jakarta Selatan.

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