Enlightening Technical Leadership

[Kartik Subbarao]

Hi everyone,

I'm happy to announce that my first book, Enlightening Technical Leadership, has been published! The ebook version is available for free at my web site:

http://kartiksubbarao.com/enlightening-technical-leadership

Basically, it's an articulation of philosophy and psychology in the context of technology work. It's infused with the concepts of karma yoga and advaita vedanta, although those particular words aren't used :-)

I'd be interested in hearing any comments you might have. Also, please feel free to share the link above with as many people as you like.

To whet your appetite, here is the opening of the book:

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One of my favorite quotes is from David Keirsey's book Please Understand Me II, where he refers to an engineer describing his inspiration to create and innovate:

"You want to be the first to do something. You want to create something. You want to innovate some­thing...I often think of Edison inventing the light bulb. That's what I want to do. I want to drive over the bridge coming out of New York there and look down on that sea of lights that is New Jersey and say, 'Hey, I did that!'"

The visual conjured up by the last sentence is, indeed, electrifying to me. I too want to drive over the bridge and look upon that sea of dazzling lights. But in this context, against that backdrop, the declaration "Hey, I did that!" isn't just a statement of personal triumph. Sure, there's the I  -- being the wizard, the vehicle through which the magic of advanced technology is wielded. But then there's the that -- bringing light to a world of darkness, enabling so many new possibilities, transforming the very landscape itself. Most importantly though, there's the did. This is no ordinary action. This is action that transforms me, along with my environment. This is action that consumes me so fully that it erases the very boundary between I and that. When I look upon the scene, the veil of duality is momentarily lifted, and I realize that the inner light and the outer light are one and the same.

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Dear Kartik: At the outset congratulations on what appears to be a enlightening book. The concepts covered are so apt for today’s world. I will definitely go through the book and will write to you soon. Being a old timer, a printed version if available may be more helpful to me.

 

Congratulations on your first book again!!!

 

Dathatri

 

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