Modern lifestyle barely leaves any room for healthy indulgence in a person’s routine; be it constant consumption of caffeinated products or easily available but unhealthy fast food choices. People rarely take time out from their busy schedule for something as important as their health. Work and other obligations consume most of one’s time and energy, pushing well being at back which should be given top most priority.

It so happens when we don’t look after our own well being, our family does it for us; similarly Sankey Solutions took a wise decision for the wellness of the whole team by participating in ‘Pune Half Marathon’.

Pune Half Marathon took place in the sports hub Pune, on 9th December where around 55 of our employees among 16,000 people from various walks of life including the celebrities of national and international importance actively participated; one of them being Dr. Jack Daniels (an exercise physiologist, who has been feted as the World’s Best Running Coach) was present to bust the misconceptions present around running, share vital tips, and to inculcate fitness as a habit amongst all the generations.

For us it was an excellent opportunity, not only to create appreciation among our employees for fitness but also to train them in natural environment for better collaboration amongst themselves. Nature lends her hand in calming the mind while exercising energizes physically, when both, the mind and body are in harmony, it instinctively motivates one to do their best.

What’s better than the whole Sankey family running collectively to raise awareness for Fitness & Health, this Marathon gave a boost to our team spirit and develop much better sense of purpose which cannot be done within concrete walls.

Being in Mumbai, our team took a trip to Lonavala, day before the event to be well rested and be ready to run for the simple cause of one’s better health. Uniformly dressed the fierce and happy faces were doing something out of the routine, with no stress for meeting client expectations or authenticating artificial intelligence, it was a day devoted to team and how marvelously we work when our goals are aligned.

The goal to participate wasn’t just victory but to work cohesively, test our abilities to reach possible potential, be driven and achieve the set targets, all of this in the most exceptional and enjoyable way possible. This is what we aim to achieve by progressive learning which yields to development at individual level.

This marathon was a shove in right direction to start with ‘Sankey Fitness’ for all our employees, an activity which helps us learn while having fun; It’s to keep them motivated and to create an atmosphere where there’s space for uninterrupted innovation and growth.

This new year has been enthralling due to the continuous inflow of new minds into Sankey family, this addition ensured that our office was constantly buzzing with energy & innovation. This buzz was also an indicator that we were outgrowing our office, within just few months of shifting into a bigger space!

To ensure our energy doesn’t turn into chaos Sankey Solutions rolled out the carpet for yet another office. Additional space is giving extra room for jamming sessions on and off work, this has further uplifted the innovative spirit while driving high synergy. Be it intense discussions, set of well fought game or sharing a meal together, nothing has changed except unfettered space to work.

Why do we need solution mindset?

With myriad of Tech start-ups flooding the market creating a scenario of rigorous competition, few companies stand out pushing others in the endless loop of facing the unavoidable mayhem. Survival in such testy waters takes more than good luck and abundant capital to back up.

Often the starts-up commit a common mistake of relying on everything except their own potential to endure the storm. Hence, the success rate of start-ups is not more than 10% while the rest 90% just stumble and fall. Even those which had better financial back up; especially those, as they raised funds too much too soon. Again, whether its equity or debt, one cannot rely only on outer world support, it is short lived if we don’t change gears internally at certain pace.Often the starts-up commit a common mistake of relying on everything except their own potential to endure the storm. Hence, the success rate of start-ups is not more than 10% while the rest 90% just stumble and fall. Even those which had better financial back up; especially those, as they raised funds too much too soon. Again, whether its equity or debt, one cannot rely only on outer world support, it is short lived if we don’t change gears internally at certain pace.

How to implement solution mindset?

The potential to face such scenarios lies within the company, its assets. Assets being values which are framework of the principles the company was built upon, aid in setting up objectives and the people, ones who utilise their abilities to help company attain those.

We have endured our uncertainties, persisted despite unfavourable situations, not because we were lucky few but because we had our goals aligned with our philosophy. The philosophy we believe in isn’t anything extraordinary rather essential.

Survival of any company depends upon the common beliefs shared by its people; these beliefs are reflected in every aspect of that company, be it recruiting the staff or handling projects, it’s how they set themselves apart because they have ‘Solution Mindset’ in place and work cohesively towards a planned outcome.

Crisis is faced by every organisation but what they do in that critical time is what averts the crisis. This attitude to find solutions in the time of need means having right solution mindset in place.

What is solution mindset?

Solution Mindset is a much broader concept than to come up with answers for difficult questions. It’s not about recommending solutions that we know but those that suit our customers; to be humble and learn, render customized solutions.

It is not only restricted to learning but also inspiring others. A person with solution mindset is not just a learner but majorly an optimistic person, one who is calm even in the face of diversity and handles crisis effectively.

We can collectively call them an effective leader, who sets an example for others to learn from. Encourages to be proactive and composed at the same time.

How can Solution Mindset be developed?

Acceptance and Patience are the keys to Solution Mindset, acceptance of the situation no matter how complex, and patience to remain positive and hunt for possible ways relentlessly to averse the situation with the help of the team.

With rapidly evolving technology and business landscape, it has become essential to communicate our psyche successfully across the world and that can only happen when we are able to reflect the optimism we harbour and this is also an attribute of Solution mindset.

Having a solution mindset does not mean coming up with unrealistic solutions to the existing problems, it simply could be as simple as making the situation workable or in favour of business need despite of adverse situation and decoding a challenging problem one layer at a time. It is willingness to find a way when all you could see is none.

It drives Sankey

Customer centricity is our philosophy; it’s what drives us. We take decisions keeping in mind the situation of our customer and aim to exceed their expectations. We believe the real impact is not when project is accomplished but when we make an impact on their business.

How is it different from Skillset mindset?

Most organizations set the philosophy of learn once, and apply the same lifetime, no elbow room for innovation makes for monotonous routine, driving employees to rely solely on past experience.

Skillset mindset has shorter learning period and stretched application of their learnings for long time, sometimes for lifelong. This is where it hits roadblock, as there is no scope to unlearn and learn more evolved or improved ways of solving same problem. They will have to try something new and better or this will lead to redundancy which ends up in obsoletion.

In this context Solution mindset would make one agile to adapt to changes, where they explore the gambit of possible options available to them for enhancement of their personal as well as professional goals.

A mindset is usually the differentiator, skills are usually in abundance, one can work hard and with dedicated efforts can achieve mastery over a skill but when it comes to mindset this can set apart success from ordinary.

Solution mindset helps an individual to endure the challenges during the period of change. Mindset apart from innovative thinking is a collective of beliefs, accepted norms, and general approach to life.

It is a pattern found in those who naturally think disruptive, for them it is the only way to operate. They view the situations with an unintentional approach of amicably tackling them.

Skillset mindset is the reliance upon one single skill to get one through rest of their life which in this highly dynamic world is irrational. Skills requirement change as our scope of work diversifies, and one has to constantly update themselves with necessary skills to perform them.

One never stops learning, even when they are at the top of their game. Being the best means investing even more into learning new skills to stay updated with the market to maintain the top position by constant innovation.

Sankey Solutions consists of more than just syntax operating techs; we are a team of innovators, most fascinated by architecture and design patterns. Our inclination towards deriving the best for our client has always been stimulating for our team.

Skills are necessary but we encourage a person with solution mindset, who can utilise these skills even more skilfully when they have a creative thinking at place. This thought process is what sets Sankey Solutions apart.

Conclusion

Skills are mandatory but solution mindset is the USP (unique selling proposition). It is not the culture of an organisation that affects its people but the other way around, the mindset of the people unanimously creates a culture which defines the organization.

This is why having right philosophy at place helps not just to business, but its employees, clients and partners as well. Just like sunlight is essential for a plant to grow, similarly Solution Mindset is needed for business to flow.

When someone mentions Artificial Intelligence, what is the one thing that comes to your mind?

Most of us imagine it as an army of robots rebelling against humans, while few people with positive thinking are envisioning a bright future where AI serves them with all possible ways from increasing sales and improving hiring to asking about the weather forecast before leaving the house. Artificial intelligence is an intriguing concept that has fascinated experts and laymen alike for years now.

Artificial intelligence is often used to described machines who mimic ‘cognitive’ functions that human associate with the human mind, such as learning and problem solving.

Talking more about AI, there is no more prominent display about it than the smart cars and drone manufactures. Companies like Amazon and Walmart are heavily investing in drone delivery programs.

If you’re thinking that smart cars are not affecting you, how about something which you’re using on a daily basis, even if you’re living under the rock you might be sending a tweet from your twitter if not twitter than probably from Facebook, Instagram , WhatsApp or any other social media app, then most of your decisions are impacted by artificial intelligence.

Artificial intelligence actually debuted at a conference at Dartmouth University in 1956. 11 years after the end of World War 2, at the time there was a lot of optimism. Some people believed that AI machines and robots would be doing the work of humans but that didn’t happen instead the funding dried and the period called ‘The AI winter’ began. It lasted into the 2000’s, when IBM’s Watson peaked a lot of interest in artificial intelligence again. As mentioned above IBM’s Watson Computers is one of the best-known examples of AI in modern business.

During the second world war, British computer scientist Alan Turing worked to crack the ‘Enigma’ code which was used by German forces to send messages securely, along with his team he also created the Bombe machine that was used to decode enigma messages. According to him, a machine that could converse with humans without even humans knowing about is a ‘‘imitation game’’ which could be said “intelligent”.

Sofia is the best example of AI Bot which was developed by Hong Kong based company Hanson Robotics on 14th February,2016. She is world’s first robot citizen.

The nature of human behaviour is complex, sometimes illogical, and often difficult to understand, it is all about those physical actions and observable emotions that can never clear out the whys and the how’s of our behaviour. It is because our reactions change after getting influenced by culture, thinking, and upbringing. This is where psychology science comes into play. Here, data are gathered from various groups to get more insights into human behaviour. If it were for humans to process that data, it would result in errors and wrong conclusions. But with the emergence of AI, gaining accurate insights has become child’s play.

Speaking about today’s tech, artificial intelligence has the capability to imitate human intelligence with highly progressing models which has potential to control traffic, minimize and maximize the speed on their own, convert self-driving cars to Siri, Alexa and many more.

Apart from this, the robotic technology seems to be expanding across a wide range of sectors including industries, hospitals, schools, military, music, gaming, quantum science and many others.

Artificial intelligence and machine learning are changing our world for better, as it is going to create new job opportunities for us. Whether it’s teaching new languages in a personalized way or translating speech and text in real-time, AI-powered language tools from Duolingo to Skype are bridging social and cultural divides in our workplaces, classrooms and everyday lives. AI has the power to drastically change public administration but it also comes with both risks and opportunities that government need to understand and evaluate.

It is not often that technology comes along with promises to attend many of our assumptions about our future but It has been a great help for humans and therefore, there is a continuous rise of Artificial intelligence.

Introduction

Technology is the genesis for innovation; latest tech enables smoother transfer and access to data, creation of better products and swift delivery of services. Being a software service company, one might credit our achievements to the advanced and fast paced technology;while, appreciating the advances of technology, one cannot solely rely on miracles it delivers to elevate their business.

Technology’s applicability is uniform across all the organisations yet the outcome is varying specific to every entity.

Same technology then why different results?

Almost all companies use the same technology but have varying results, then what affects the outcome?

Its level of relevance and the mindset that’s overseeing it distinguishes one business entity from other.The human wealth of an organization acts as the impetus, who givea unique touch to any task they pursue.

“Same strategy, different people, different results”

– Jim Collins

Individuality within an organisation gives altogether an astounding end result, all about unique perspective and its impact, where even the similar technology will not ensure same outcome.

Technology is to be considered as an auxiliary while employee being the intrinsic component. So, it is wise to say that technology cannot be an accelerator to success without the right human mix.

At Sankey we have our own beliefs, upon which we put forth our core structure.

“Technology defines us but it’s the mindset that differentiates us”

– Sankey Solutions

This is not just our belief but the ultimate reality; one may have stacked up all modern equipment at their disposal but with theabsence of key facilitator it has no potential. In simpler words, our solution mindset team literally fuels the system with their distinctive capabilities to drive the company further.

“Technology may not always be innovative but the person working behind one, should be”

Even if we’re not armed with latest, being inearly stages, our resourceful people won’t let it hinder their endeavour, and still create a masterpiece.

Every employee has their own potential, own uniqueness which means their innovation is distinct from the rest, their competency lies in varied fields, and this is what fuels Sankey Solutions. We are governed by Solution Mindset which hones innovation; we attract everything ingenious since this is at our core.

“Technology is nothing. What’s important is that you have faith in people, that they’re basically good and smart, and if you give them tools, they’ll do wonderful things with them.”

– Steve Jobs

As Steve Jobs rightly said, it is the people and the expertise they carry along, that brings aboutdesired changes, necessary to build fulfilling services for customers.

How our business yields, solely depends upon the people we hire, their psyche, creativity quotient, and utmost important their willingness to do something extraordinary. The last part largely depends upon the opportunities a company provides to its employees; hiring able people but unable to provide them with the necessary opening to exercise their talents will lead to build-up of complacency in employees.

Sankey being a start-up has an unexplored ambit for applicability of employee’s own innovation, design new utilities for servicing our customers in best way possible.

Do we do different that motivates employees?

The answer to how Sankey Solutions differs from the rest of the start-ups is reflected in our philosophy and the values we believe in,

Richness in creativity and applicability of logic is not necessarily answered by a general aptitude test rather something practical, much closer to the reality. Ability of any employee to fix rough situations and come up with unexpected yet efficient solutions is what aligns with the Sankey thinking.

Constant drive for creativity isn’t what yields results, businesses needs to ensure their people are not laden with the constant pressure to yield a unique result, rather are given an environment which breeds creativity naturally. Collaboration and development as a wider goal, not just for its people but also the company as whole, this is how Sankians run!