Vilas Uchil

COO @Lingo Management.. Operations, Technology, Innovation,
Data, Security, Unified Collaboration, Design Thinking, Growth leadership, M&A...

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The bigger an organization gets, the easier it is to confuse following the process with doing the job.
You completed your step. The system produced a bad outcome. Nobody feels responsible.
Process matters. Who owns the outcome?
Reading The Unaccountability Machine by Dan Davies

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"If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough.—Albert Einstein"

"No matter how complex the problem , I have found out that rephrasing and explaining in different ways, by making the definition of the problem understandable has shown the way" --Vilas Uchil

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“It doesn’t really matter what we expected from life, but what life expected from us” (Frankl, 1986)

"I ask each one of you.. Are you doing something monumental from what life has expected from you?" (Vilas Uchil, 2023) 😄

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Simple steps to increase your self awareness
1) Meditate - 10 minutes
2) Work out everyday - 30 minutes HIIT
3) Read non fiction books and self-reflect on the concepts 30 minutes
4) Summarize weekly on what you have learned and check your compass - 1 hour

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Gained key insights at a recent conference:

MSPs are the future.
UCaaS growth is slowing.
Valuations are tough.
SDWAN & security are real.
Messaging is crucial.
Microsoft Teams needs Telcos for PSTN. 🚀 #TechInsights

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Chatgpt output: Consciousness And Client Experience
"Consciously focusing on the client experience can lead to deeper connections and more meaningful interactions. Prioritizing empathy and understanding can make all the difference. #clientexperience #consciousness"

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NEW: On a recent threat hunt, our MDR team uncovered multiple Raspberry Robin infections using a DLL spreader.

The USB worm was first spotted in Sept 2021 by Red Canary. Back then, its purpose wasn’t clear. Since then, it’s spread – a lot.

1/10

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Where do you start your data journey in the org? Almost all of the data leaders I engaged noted: Finance.
- They understand numbers
- Understand implication of KPI to top line and bottom line
Start with finance, Marketing and Ops next
Disrupt your thinking

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The combination of Lingo and BullsEye Telecom creates one of the largest global Cloud/UC and Managed Service provi... https://t.co/EeDhL9SWBH

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"The skillful are not obvious They appear to be simple-minded Those who know this know the patterns of the Absolute To know the patterns is the Subtle Power The Subtle Power moves all things and has no name" from "Power vs. Force: The Hidden..." by David R. Hawkins -

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Politics happen because leaders allow the drama to happen. It can only be solved if you make it a process.
- Find root cause
- break it down to people, process and system
- Rein in the behavior via ritualization
- Constant touch points with field employees

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A conflict in your inner emotion due to work can cause stress which could result in you becoming a complainer. Understand the inner conflict. Use empathy to understand how you feel. Use compassionate empathy to understand the subject in conflict

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With any problem, challenges, issues there are elements of road block that you will face. As the feeling of inabilities to solve or resistance to our ideas comes up, we feel pain. This is normal. Suffering from those pain is optional and probably destructive

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Freedom from the clutches of routine work and get your head out to learn and empathize with clients, define and draw insights, ideate and brainstorm to come up with prototypes and test and run the process of innovation again and again.

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Our upbringing, education and life experiences are the capabilities that we bring to the table at work. Our value increases as we perform and learn new activities at work. Stretch the boundaries by covering different functions and increase your value.

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Entrepreneurship means being comfortable with uncertainty. People that need certainty for being comfortable cannot be good entrepreneurs. Decisions that you make with limited information and a strategic mindset have several degrees of uncertainty.

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When you are passionate about growing your team, You will spend your personal money, effort and time to grow them. Your personal gains become irrelevant and you are only committed to growth. You will notice immense growth in yourself.

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During this weekend, I had the privilege to go camping with my buddies. My close friends keep me grounded and do not hesitate to provide their honest feedback. Radical transparency in feedback is crucial for success.

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Stay composed in meetings. You don't have to be the one that always has the final say. If your team depends on you all the time to arbitrate then you haven't built the right team. Always check to see if you are the problem.

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As humans we crave for acknowledgement and recognition. This leads to agenda driven engagement be it life in general or business. As you engage today ask yourself if you are driving ahead with your agenda or is it truly good for life or business.