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January - 2007 - issue > Guru Speak
Right People, Crucial Asset
Naresh Gupta
Generally one would hear that the important asset of an organization is its people. My belief is that just people are not the most important asset.
Rather, the right people are the only important asset that an organization has in the IT industry. Other than right people, everything else can generally be replaced. Intellectual property can be considered the next important asset for an IT organization but with the rapid evolution of technology, IP becomes obsolete with time. Organizations need to constantly innovate and create new IP, which means it is essential to constantly focus on having the right people in the right place.
Over the years, I have worked towards defining ‘Right People.’ In doing so, I have come across three main inter-related attributes—bandwidth, attitude and skills.
An organization should achieve a balance of these attributes to ensure innovation and execution.Among the three, I personally feel bandwidth and attitude are the more important. Bandwidth includes aspects like learning, problem solving. Having strong problem solving skills ensures clear understanding of the problem, enables developing innovative solutions and allows learning new and evolving technologies in this rapidly changing environment.
The other key attribute being right attitude, which is where the passion for success, positive attitude, and work ethics come under light. If one has the desire to succeed, then many hidden talents will emerge. With enough desire and ability one can overcome even the most challenging situations. So fundamentally, while building an organization, getting people with the right amount of bandwidth and right attitude is important.
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