This pandemic has helped me to find time to read. I have been an ardent fan of Harvard Business
Review. I try to convert articles which are relevant and of interest to me into personal lessons
which I try to apply in life.
I have converted my lessons from an article into a 3-minute video. The Visibly ‘Invisibles’ is based
on David Zweig’s ‘Managing the Invisibles’, which featured in HBR South Asia May 2014, an article
built on his book Invisibles: The Power of Anonymous Work in an Age of Relentless
Self-Promotion.
It is true that there are committed and talented people for whom fame and recognition are not
motivations for what they do. They are invisible to the world even though their work is visible to
most of us. I learnt that Michael Cronan is the person who named Bezos’ dream, Kindle- which
literally means ‘to arouse’. There are many people like Michael- editors of films, ghost writers,
blenders and in the present circumstances, scientists and researchers who are fighting against
time to invent the vaccine to protect us from the corona virus. They shun the limelight and
remain behind the scenes. How should leaders look after such resources in any organization?
What are their distinct traits? And should they be treated like every other resource in the
organization? There are few lessons which could benefit all of us. If the subject interests you,
please click on to the link to watch the 3-minute video. The ‘invisibles’ are priceless assets which
need to be protected and nurtured for the world to benefit from their abilities and commitment
to what they do.