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DIMENSIONS VOL.11, ISSUE 4, APR 2019

A Journal of A N Prakash Construction Pro ject Management Consul tants Pvt . L td

IN This Issue FROM THE MANAGING

DIRECTOR’S DESK

EDITOR’S NOTE

MILESTONES

LEADERSHIP TIPS FROM THE

RUNAWAY GENERAL

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN

CONSTRUCTION SAFETY

STOP GLORIFICATION OF

‘BUSY’

HEALTH BENEFITS OF CLAY

POT COOKING

APPENDIX

Cover page photo: Architect’s impression of the completed Airaa School, Bangalore

THE ISSUE OF DIMENSIONS IS FOR PRIVATE CIRCULATION ONLY

During the ‘Employee contribution

recognition’ event held on the 13th of

this month, there was a general

request made to all the employees to

come over to the stage and express

their opinion or talk about anything

that they wish to.

As was very well expected, very few

employees came over and expressed

themselves. We had to literally goad

them to talk.

It is quite intriguing as to how an

individual hesitates and shies away

from talking, when called to talk from

the stage to an audience. But, the

same person will forever chat with his

friends sitting around him on the

opposite side of the stage as a part of

the general audience.

It is necessary for all us to get over the

stage fear and talk in public. One

day or the other, you will have to get

over the fear and learn to talk on

stage. For, it is essential for someone

who will have to take more

responsibilities and go up the ladder

to learn to talk on stage.

There are many books and YouTube

videos from which you can practice

and learn.

Please start practicing immediately. It

will help.

During the Employee Recognition day

-13th Apr 2019, I had spoken on the

need for everyone to share everything

about themselves with everyone, so

that we know what the hidden talents

are of each one of us. For example,

we know from ‘Know your Colleague’

that Mounika is experienced as a

compere during her college days and

Chetan N (from Manjushree site,

Baddi) can direct any small video or

even a movie if required, since he has

done a course in Directing of Movies.

My observation was that when a lady

was asked to share details about

family, her hobbies etc. she was very

forthcoming while that was not true

when men were asked to (with

exceptions, of course).

It was heartening to overhear Kannan

from Fomra site, Chennai asking his

staff, after hearing this talk, to share

about themselves for the coming

issues.

Sreekumar, SIC of Ekya school had a

theory to offer about this. He felt that it

was because Engineers (Civil

Engineers in particular) are exposed to

the site work mostly and do not have

a chance to attend get-togethers

functions etc. where they have a

chance to express themselves.

FROM THE MANAGING DIRECTOR’S DESK Editor’s Note

DIMENSIONS VOL.11, ISSUE 4, APR 2019 2


Birthdays in the month of May

ANAND RAO T, Jayabheri

Properties, 2 May

PARTHEEBAN S,

Aquarelle, 3 May

SUBBAREDDY T, SRM

University, 4th May

ARUL HEPSILY S, Fomra,

5th May

ALAGARSAMY P, Godrej

Alpine, 6 May

SADASHIV R L, HO, 7 May

CHETAN N, Manjushree,

Baddi, 8 May

RAVI H S, Parsons, 9 May

MANIKANT SHET, ADPL,

9th May

NARESH KUMAR K,

Rajapushpa Summit, 10 May

MUNIRAJ M, The

Fairway,10 May

VARAPRASAD RSN, SRM

University, 10 May

SHAIKH GHOUSE,

Jayabheri Properties, 10 May

CHETHAN T C, PES

University, 10th May

PRITHIVIRAJ R,

Himmatsingka, 11 May

SHANTHKUMAR S, HO, 16

May

ASHA NAIDU K, HO, 18 May

PERUMAL S, SRM

University, 19 May

Syed Irshad, Jayabheri

Summit, 23 May

JAYANTH K R, SHRF –

Udupi, 25 May

KADIYALA RAMARAO,

Ramky One Galaxia, 25th May

KUMAR B M V, Jayabheri

Properties, 26 May

MADHUSUDHAN N, Head

Office, 28th May

PUSHPARAJ A, Serene

Windchime, B’lore, 29 May

MILESTONES



News from the Sites:

Prabhat V at the fast progressing PES

University site

ANP and Asha Naidu with the Client and

Architect at NIE Site, Mysore

Bhoomi Pooja

Bhoomi Pooja for the New Project at

Bangalore - Serene Windchimes, on

the 10th April

B R Sreevatsa & Pushparaj A attended the

Puja

Vinay of Viraj Projects Pvt. Ltd at the puja

Bhoomi Pooja for the New Project at

Bangalore - Science Gallery at IVRI

Campus, Bellary road was conducted

on 10th April

Vyas V S, Veeranna V attended the Puja

Vyas V S being felicitated

Celebrations:

The complete Nemmadi Team

ANP & Vani Prakash with Nemmadi team

Uday Prakash cutting the Chocolate cake

Nemmadi has been awarded the

Inspection work at Phoenix Kessaku,

one of the most reputed Apartments

in Bangalore, to celebrate which,

Uday Prakash invited the entire

Nemmadi Team, A N Prakash and

Vani Prakash for lunch.

A N Prakash sharing the cake with Vani

Prakash

Functions:

V S Vyas’ son Nitin’s Upanayana

ceremony was held at Sri Rama

Mandali, Jayanagar on the 26th April.

Many of the ANPCPMC & Nemmadi

staff joined for lunch on the occasion.

Wishing Nitin after the ceremony

ANPCPMC/Nemmadi with Vyas & Family

At the start of Lunch



Employee Recognition Function The Employee Recognition Function was

held on the 13th April at Hotel Pai Viceroy

ANP welcoming the gathering

A view of the gathering

Audience enjoying ANP’s talk

Uday Prakash on Nemmadi

Self- Introduction by the Staff

B L Suresh

Vani Prakash

R N Prasad

R Vignesh

Mahendra S Godbole

Speakers at the Function

Lakshmanappa G H

Chetan N

Thejesha M M

Natarajan R

Ajay Deshpande

Venkataramana Sampathy



Asha Naidu K

Ravi H S

Shanthkumar S

Vijayamahantesh G Muttagi

Swastika P

Roy Zacharias

B L Suresh

Santosh

R Suresha

Ameen Yakoob

Naveen Kumar N

Mary A

Divya K

5 years of service at ANPCPMC

Vijayamahantesh G Muttagi

Prathap N



Thiagarajan S

Nagaraju G

Mahammad Faruq

Ramesh YBV

Khaja Hussain S

Sanjay Kumar N

Akthar Saifudeen

Pushparaj A

Ambika Jadhav

Asha Naidu K

Partheeban S

Sree Kumar K G

Chetan N

Swastika Pradhan

Prasad B R




Murali M

Shivaramu B

Venkataramana Sampathy

Naveen Kumar N

Kannan A

Rajesh A

Veeranna V

Prasanna Kumar M

Somashekar B N

Thejesha M M

Divya K

Shanthkumar S

Natarajan R

Ajay Deshpande

Ravi H S




Muniyappa G

Lakshmanappa G H

Yogesh Kumar M

Prasad R N

Chandrashekar M

Arogya Mary J


Suresh B L

Lijesh Kumar P, Special Mention

Shivanand K S

P Valli

Nagamma R

Lunch & Post-lunch session

Vani Prakash, Swastika, Varsha

B L Suresh & Vamsi Anand

Achyut sings a Bhavageethe

Ambika – Vote of Thanks

DIMENSIONS VOL.11, ISSUE 4, APR 2019


Top to Bottom - Services Group, ANP with Vani & Uday, The complete group, Ladies with ANP, Nemmadi Team



Know Your Colleague

Nagaraju G,

The Complete Man

Does anyone remember the

Raymond’s advertisement on ‘The

Complete Man’? For those who

have forgotten, the Complete

Man is the man for all occasions.

He remembers birthdays

(particularly the wife’s) and

anniversaries, takes full care of the

needs of the family, and gives

individual attention to the wife as

well as each of the children. The

key words are ‘He loses to win!’

That complete man is Nagaraju

who is presently with ANPCPMC as

SIC of Myscapes, Hyderabad.

Nagaraju G

So who is the lucky woman to

have the Complete Man in her

life? It is Tulsi Ratnam who has

done an MBA and working in the

HR department of a company in

Hyderabad.

Nagaraju being the Site-in-Charge

of a prestigious project and wife

Tulsi being in the HR department,

both have to be in time for work. If

the children are late, then the

parents will be called to school

which they cannot always afford

to go. It requires hectic activity in

the morning to ensure that all are

in time and that is where

Nagaraju’s culinary talents help in

everyone getting their breakfast

and lunch packed.

Before leaving for work, Nagaraju

has to get daughter Rishika who is

studying in the fifth standard and

son Shreyank studying in the first

standard ready with school bag

and lunch box and ensure that

they be in time for the school bus.

Nagaraju is a believer in all round

development of one’s personality

and encourages the children to

take up physical activities.

The children have also lived up to

Nagaraju’s expectation by Rishika

winning medals in Karate &

athletics and Shreyank in athletics.

Rishika with medals she has won in

athletics and Karate

Shreyank is an upcoming athlete

Having completed his studies in

Civil Engineering from SMV

Polytechnic, Tanaku, and has

since then worked for 19 years of

which 9 years have been with

ANPCPMC.

As a Student – Nagaraju is on the

extreme left

Nagaraju’s dream and aim is to

become an ideal Engineer in all

ways – Technically and in the

managerial aspects so that he is a

useful member of the society and

specifically to the organization he

is working in.

Since being a complete man

includes relaxing when time

permits, it is by watching movies.

Bahubali and Arnold

Schwarzenegger’s True Lies are his

favorites.

Nagaraju also a cricket fan, with

Tendulkar being his idol, both

because of his batting as well as

the fact that he has come up

without a Godfather. This is how

Nagaraju consider he himself has

come up - by his own abilities.

It is easy to do what others have

done, but difficult to do anything

for the first time, which is what

Nagaraju always dreams to do.

Nagaraju with wife and children



LEADERSHIP TIPS FROM THE RUNAWAY

GENERAL

By Thejesha MM

General Stanley McChrystal is widely

admired for his hunger to know the truth,

his courage to find it and his humility to

listen to those around him. Even as the

commanding officer of all U S and

coalition forces in Afghanistan he stationed

himself forward and frequently went on

patrols with his troops to experience their

challenges firsthand.

Excerpts (on leadership) from McChrystal's memoir, My Share of the Task:

1. Leadership is the single biggest

reason for success or failure.

So, after a lifetime, what had I learned

about leadership? Probably not

enough. But I saw enough for me to

believe it was the single biggest

reason organizations succeeded or

failed. It dwarfed numbers,

technology, ideology, and historical

forces in determining the outcome of

events. I used to tell junior leaders that

the nine otherwise identical

parachute infantry battalions of the

82nd Airborne Division ranged widely

in effectiveness, the disparity almost

entirely a function of leadership.

“Switch just two people— the

battalion commander and command

sergeant major—from the best

battalion with those of the worst, and

within ninety days the relative

effectiveness of the battalions will

have switched as well,” I’d say. I still

believe I was correct.

2. Leadership is difficult to measure.

Yet leadership is difficult to measure

and often difficult even to adequately

describe. I lack the academic bona

fides to provide a scholarly analysis of

leadership and human behavior. So I’ll

simply relate what, after a lifetime of

being led and learning to lead, I’ve

concluded.

Leadership is the art of influencing

others. It differs from giving a simple

order or managing in that it shapes

the longer-term attitudes and

behavior of individuals and groups.

George Washington’s tattered army

persisted to ultimate victory. Those

troops displayed the kind of effort that

can never be ordered— only evoked.

Effective leaders stir an intangible but

very real desire inside people. That

drive can be reflected in

extraordinary courage, selfless

sacrifice, and commitment.

3. Leadership is neither good nor evil.

We like to equate leaders with values

we admire, but the two can be

separate and distinct. Self-serving or

evil intent motivated some of the most

effective leaders I saw, like Abu

Musab al-Zarqawi. In the end,

leadership is a skill that can be used

like any other, but with far greater

effect.

4. Leaders take us to where we’d

otherwise not go.

Although Englishmen rushing into the

breach behind Henry V is a familiar

image, leaders whose personal

example or patient persuasion causes

dramatic changes in otherwise inertia-

bound organizations or societies are

far more significant. The teacher who

awakens and encourages in students

a sense of possibility and responsibility

is, to me, the ultimate leader.

5. Success is rarely the work of a

single leader.

… leaders work best in partnership

with other leaders. In Iraq in 2004, I

received specific direction to track

Zarqawi and bring him to justice. But it

was the collaboration of leaders

below me, inside TF 714, that built the

teams, relentlessly hunted, and

ultimately destroyed his lethal

network.

6. Leaders are empathetic.

The best leaders I’ve seen have an

uncanny ability to understand,

empathize, and communicate with

those they lead. They need not agree

or share the same background or

status in society as their followers, but

they understand their hopes, fears,

and passions.

Great leaders intuitively sense, or

simply ask, how people feel and what

resonates with them. At their worst,

demigods like Adolf Hitler manipulate

the passions of frustrated populations

into misguided forces. But empathy

can be remarkably positive when a

Nelson Mandela reshapes and

redirects the energy of a movement

away from violence and into

constructive nation-building.

7. Leadership is not popularity.

For soldiers, the choice between

popularity and effectiveness is

ultimately no choice at all. Soldiers

want to win; their survival depends

upon it. They will accept, and even

take pride in, the quirks and

shortcomings of a leader if they

believe he or she can produce

success.

8. The best leaders are genuine.

I found soldiers would tolerate my

being less of a leader than I hoped to

be, but they would not forgive me

being less than I claimed to be. Simple

honesty matters.

9. Leaders can be found at any rank

and at any age.

I often found myself led by soldiers

many levels junior to me, and I was



the better for it. Deferring to the

expertise and skills of the leader best

suited to any given situation requires

enough self-confidence to subjugate

one’s ego, but it signals a strong

respect for the people with whom one

serves.

10. Charisma is not leadership.

Personal gifts like intellect or charisma

help. But neither are required nor

enough to be a leader.

Physical appearance, poise, and

outward self-confidence can be

confused with leadership—for a time. I

saw many new lieutenants arrive to

battalions and fail to live up to the

expectations their handsome, broad-

shouldered look generated.

Conversely, I saw others overcome

the initial doubts created by small

stature or a squeaky voice. It took

time and enough interaction with

followers, but performance usually

became more important than the

advantages of innate traits.

Later in my career, I encountered

some figures who had learned to

leverage superficial gifts so effectively

that they appeared to be better

leaders than they were. It took me

some time and interaction —often

under the pressure of difficult

situations—before I could determine

whether they possessed those

bedrock skills and qualities that

infantry platoons would seek to find

and assess in young sergeants and

lieutenants. Modern media

exacerbate the challenge of sorting

reality from orchestrated perception.

11. Leaders walk a fine line between

self-confidence and humility.

Soldiers want leaders who are sure of

their ability to lead the team to

success but humble enough to

recognize their limitations. I learned

that it was better to admit ignorance

or fear than to display false

knowledge or bravado.

And candidly admitting doubts or

difficulties is key to building

confidence in your honesty. But

expressing doubts and confidence is

a delicate balance. When things look

their worst, followers look to the leader

for reassurance that they can and will

succeed.

12. People are born; leaders are

made.

I was born the son of a leader with a

clear path to a profession of

leadership. But whatever leadership I

later possessed, I learned from others. I

grew up in a household of overt

values, many of which hardened in

me only as I matured.

Although history fascinated me, and

mentors surrounded me, the overall

direction and key decisions of my life

and career were rarely impacted by

specific advice, or even a particularly

relevant example I’d read or seen. I

rarely wondered what would Nelson,

Buford, Grant, or my father have

done?

But as I grew, I was increasingly aware

of the guideposts and guardrails that

leaders had set for me, often through

their examples. The question became

what kind of leader have I decided to

be? Over time, decisions came easily

against that standard, even when the

consequences were grave.

13. Leaders are people, and people

constantly change.

Even well into my career I was still

figuring out what kind of leader I

wanted to be. For many years I found

myself bouncing between competing

models of a hard-bitten taskmaster

and a nurturing father figure—

sometimes alternating within a

relatively short time span. That could

be tough on the people I led, and a

bit unfair. They looked for and

deserved steady, consistent

leadership.

When I failed to provide that, I gave

conflicting messages that produced

uncertainty and reduced the

effectiveness of the team we were

trying to create.

As I got older, the swings between

leadership styles were less

pronounced and frequent as I

learned the value of consistency. But

even at the end I still wasn’t the

leader I believed I should be.

14. Leaders are human.

They get tired, angry, and jealous and

carry the same range of emotions

and frailties common to mankind.

Most leaders periodically display

them. The leaders I most admired

were totally human but constantly

strove to be the best humans they

could be.

15. Leaders make mistakes, and they

are often costly.

The first reflex is normally to deny the

failure to themselves; the second is to

hide it from others, because most

leaders covet a reputation for

infallibility. But it’s a fool’s dream and is

inherently dishonest.

16. Leadership is a choice.

Rank, authority, and even

responsibility can be inherited or

assigned, whether or not an individual

desires or deserves them. Even the

mantle of leadership occasionally falls

to people who haven’t sought it. But

actually leading is different.

A leader decides to accept

responsibility for others in a way that

assumes stewardship of their hopes,

their dreams, and sometimes their

very lives. It can be a crushing burden,

but I found it an indescribable honor.

In the end, “there are few secrets to

leadership.” It is mostly just hard work.

More than anything else it requires

self-discipline. Colorful, charismatic

characters often fascinate people,

even soldiers. But over time,

effectiveness is what counts. Those

who lead most successfully do so

while looking out for their followers’

welfare.

Self-discipline manifests itself in

countless ways. In a leader I see it as

doing those things that should be

done, even when they are

unpleasant, inconvenient, or

dangerous; and refraining from those

that shouldn’t, even when they are

pleasant, easy, or safe.



ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN

CONSTRUCTION SAFETY

In any scenario, from

smart cities to smart transportation,

construction safety is of paramount

importance. Wang Changxin, CEO of

Beijing-based Yunlu Technology,

explains how Yunlu provides solutions

to analyze monitored data from the

entire construction lifecycle to

discover potential construction

problems and minimize quality and

safety incidents.

Construction safety matters

In many countries, infrastructure

disaster-prevention mechanisms and

prediction methods are now

incorporated into key future plans.

Infrastructure disasters often involve

both natural and human factors.

Natural disasters can be predicted

through environmental monitoring

such as meteorology, hydrology, and

geological disaster predictions.

Disasters caused by human error, on

the other hand, can be avoided

through regulations, design, and

online monitoring systems.

Yunlu Technology has worked with

Huawei Cloud to build a world-

leading structural health monitoring

(SHM) big data IoT platform using new

technologies that covers the entire

construction lifecycle and improves

construction safety. By analyzing data

from the O&M stage, it’s possible to

control the usage and development

trends formed during the O&M stage

and provide data to support the

departments that make maintenance

decisions. Construction period

monitoring and the analysis of O&M

test data can provide a useful

reference for the design stage.

Structural health monitoring (SHM)

and medical health monitoring are

somewhat similar. Both involve

collecting data and analyzing it to

make conclusions about diagnosis

and treatment. SHM has been

developing for over 20 years. In most

of the cases, traditional sensors are still

employed and, with the level of data

compiled and collected, it’s

impossible to precisely or effectively

analyze the data.

Multiple disciplines

This is an industry that combines

multiple disciplines and domains. First,

you need technological support that

includes sensors, networks, cloud

platforms, system integration, and

computational mechanics. It also

requires technical expertise in

domains like architecture, bridges,

and water conservation. You also

have to perform big data analysis and

AI-based data mining based on data

modelling. Then you need to obtain

valid structural damage identification,

structural stiffness matrix calibration

and reanalysis, and perform structural

lifespan predictions.

Yunlu + Huawei Cloud EI

The system developed by Yunlu

Technology and Huawei, Huawei

Cloud EI rapidly discovers potential

safety hazards through analysis and

identification, issues early warnings of

possible structural dangers, and

provides data support for construction

and O&M departments.

We’ve deployed over 50 Huawei

Cloud platform development

modules. All the services run on

Huawei cloud services. We leverage

middleware, including data storage

services, as well as various platforms,

such as ModelArts’ machine learning,

deep learning, and image recognition

platforms.

More specifically, Yunlu Technology

has developed five use cases that

utilize Huawei Cloud EI.

Use case 1: Data collection

The first use case is data collection.

For example, fiber-optic sensors can

be used to transmit data to a

collection device, which then

connects to an on-site host, and the

data is then transmitted to the cloud.

However, this deployment model is

complex and expensive.

With the increasing interconnectivity

of everything, we’ve adopted

Huawei’s IoT modules to make it more

convenient to access the system. We

also use Huawei’s edge computing

modules for prompt data processing.

Moreover, by leveraging Huawei’s

edge devices we can access data

from a variety of sensors to achieve

multiple functions using one device.

With edge, device, and cloud

synergy, overall equipment costs have

been reduced by over 70 percent

and the system response is twice as

fast. And thanks to Huawei’s edge

computing module, we have cut

invalid data transmission by two-thirds

and increased valid data by over 50

percent.

Use case 2: Ensuring data consistency

The second use case is ensuring data

consistency. Numerous departments

participate in the data collection

process. You also have a very

complicated personnel situation and

a very long construction lifecycle as

well as frequent changes.

Ensuring the consistency of data and

objects is a common challenge and

problem. We leverage the Huawei

blockchain platform to distribute all

blueprints and contracts through the

blockchain. This ensures that data and

content from various stakeholders,

including owners, planners, designers,

construction, and O&M, is unified.

Use case 3: Structural health

prediction

The third use case is structural health

prediction. What we wanted to

achieve here is to get prompt

information about a construction

project. If a building has a defect, we

want to quickly replace the defective

part to prevent an accident.

So we need to make effective

predictions about the lifespan and

health of construction, as capacity

changes over time.

Using measurements of environmental

loads, such as wind and temperature,



as well as a structure’s true response,

we’re able to calibrate the stiffness

matrix. In this process, we can

calibrate the overall matrix of the

system, or design parameters, such as

density, elastic modulus, and

constraints, to arrive at the structure’s

true current capacity.

We can then make accurate

forecasts of a building’s structural

response using predictable factors

such as wind speed, wind pressure,

and temperature. With the help of

Huawei Cloud’s machine learning

engineers, we’ve achieved a

prediction accuracy of close to 90

percent.

Use case 4: Automatic site inspection

The fourth use case is automatic site

inspection against construction

specifications. With the

industrialization of buildings, there are

now many new forms of construction,

including what are known as

industrialized residential structures.

These are precast buildings – the

concrete is not cast on site; instead,

the components are transported to

the site for on-site assembly.

Residential industrialization is already a

relatively mature industry and is

common in many developed nations.

China predicts that precast buildings

will make up more than 20 percent of

all new buildings by 2020 and over 50

percent by 2025. The prefabricated

construction industry is set for rapid

development, and while there are

vast market opportunities, there will

invariably be some technical

problems that need an urgent

solution.

For example, ensuring the strength of

floors in the connection process

requires all the grouting holes to be

filled. In the past, this required people

to inspect on-site photographs, which

was very inefficient. Now we use

Huawei Cloud’s ModelArts deep

learning image recognition module to

identify photographs of grouting holes

and determine which are filled, which

are not, and which are for threading

pipes. Typically, you can upload 100

on-site images and achieve an

effective identification rate of close to

80 percent. This solution has made the

inspection department over 50

percent faster and reduced

construction errors by 30 percent.

Use case 5: Structural damage

identification

The fifth use case is structural damage

identification. Sports stadiums, for

example, are impacted by fatigue,

corrosion, and ageing over time. And

inevitably some damage occurs.

Locating and defining the state of the

damage is a crucial task.

However, sensors are only installed in

parts of the structure. This is because

the sensor layout must not impact the

original structural properties of the

building. Moreover, installing many

sensors isn’t cost effective. As a result,

we have to place as few sensors as

possible, while trying to obtain a true

picture of the building’s performance.

This requires us to perform mechanical

back analysis and damage

identification from the data.

In the past, this identification process

would mostly be applied to a few

beams or boards. But by harnessing

Huawei Cloud ModelArts, we can

now identify more complex damage.

Using Huawei Cloud’s EI platform, we

have made mechanical simulations

100 times faster, and are able to

implement an identification solution

that supports real results from data,

covers the whole structure, and

includes monitoring and prediction.

In the future, we want to expand to

low-energy, low-cost IoT applications

to improve O&M management

efficiency and lower costs. We’re also

seeking to develop a structural health

monitoring platform to eliminate

security risks at an early stage to

support the development of smart

cities and smart transportation. And

we hope to build a big data platform

in the construction health monitoring

field to promote the development of

the entire industry chain.

At the heart of our collaboration with

Huawei Cloud EI, we plan to achieve

a safer, better life for all.

End of article by: Wang Changxin, CEO of

Beijing-based Yunlu Technology

Let us also look at how Microsoft

has advanced in field of AI.

Andrea Carl

At the International VDI Conference –

Smart Construction Equipment

2017 (held at Munich, Germany),

Andrea Carl, Director, Commercial

Communications, Microsoft spoke on

how AI is able to increase the safety

on construction sites.

Object and facial recognition could

be used to keep an eye out for health

and safety violations in your

workplace, the set-up

combines Azure, Cognitive

Services and commodity cameras,

running more than 27 million

recognitions every second.

For example, suppose a jackhammer

is required by someone. The AI’s

object recognition capabilities allows

to instantly respond with a message

indicating that a jackhammer was

available on the site.

The platform is also able to monitor

which employees are certified to use

the piece of equipment, and who

handled it most recently, by scanning

faces as different people pick up the

item.

In the eventuality that an employee

without the proper authorization picks

up a particular piece of equipment, a

violation notification will be distributed

to the appropriate personnel,

moreover the system can even make

sure that items on the site are being

stored safely, by referring to tagged

locations that are set up for individual

tools.

Click on the video link below to listen

to the talk. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-j2QEGcEu8

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STOP GLORIFICATION OF ‘BUSY’

Suhas N M, Nemmadi,

HO

We’re all just so “busy” these days.

Desperately “trying to keep our heads

above water.” "Overloaded"

When we say "busy," we're really trying

to say something else—although what

exactly that might be depends on the

harried soul that's complaining:

I'm busy = I'm important.

Being busy gives people a sense

they're needed and important. It's

also a sign that you are self-imposing

these measures of self-worth by

looking at quantity instead of quality

of activity. But, Busyness does not

equal productivity…..

I'm busy = I'm giving you an excuse.

Saying that you're busy is a handy

way to outsource your responsibility to

your irresponsibility. Since you're

always distracted, you don't have to

do anything for anybody.

I'm busy = I'm winning.

To say that “I’m busier than you are”

means I’m more important, or that my

time is more valuable, or that I am

“winning” at some never ending rat

race. What you’re trying to say with

these responses is: I’m busier, more in-

demand, more successful.

Busyness is not a virtue, it's an error in

perspective. It's easy to think that

quantity of activities is quality. It allows

us to avoid meaningful interactions,

commitments, common courtesy, etc.

The crush of busyness defines

management life today. Executives

are at their desks early and leave late.

In between they bounce from

meeting to meeting. Evenings are

spent catching up on email. Time for

them means not having enough of it.

Sometimes time can be a wonderful

excuse for not doing something but in

reality the urgency of time becomes a

curse; it prevents from doing two

critical things: one, making time for

others; and two, making time for

ourselves. I am not talking about work

life balance; I am referring to the

imbalance that two much busyness

imposes on work itself.

Not all managers ricochet from

meeting to meeting. Good ones have

found ways to carve out blocks of

time from their schedules the way that

sculptors shape stone. And once that

time is carved it becomes like

sculpture permanent. That is it stays

open except in cases of extreme

emergency. This becomes the time

when managers do their real work –

meeting with direct reports and

reflecting on their performance.

From these folks I have learned a few

rules that I can share.

Value your time. Regard time as an

asset that like money must be

managed well. If it is squandered it

may be the same as making a poor

investment. And it is because you

have wasted it. Prioritizing tasks can

help you focus on what is important

and what can be eliminated if they

do not add value to the enterprise.

Delegate meetings to others. This is a

terrific way to groom people for more

responsibility. Give them authority to

speak for you at meetings. When

doing so make certain they find ways

to manage their time effectively, too –

in part by delegating to others.

Use free time to reflect. If you want to

reflect, then you have to schedule it.

Make time for selves by keeping one

free afternoon a week or every other

week.

Managing your time very often is not

easy because you may not be in

control of your schedule. Events

happen. Customers need assistance.

Things go wrong. The manager must

respond. But day-to-day – unless you

are a first responder for fire, safety or

health – your schedule is not so

chaotic. You can take control if you

choose to do so.

When we were young we thought

busy people were more important

than everyone else. Otherwise, why

would they be so busy? We had busy

bosses, busy parents, and we

assumed they must have meaningful

things to do. It seemed an easy way

to see who mattered and who didn’t.

The busy must matter more, and the

lazy mattered less.

This is the cult of busy. That simply by

always seeming to have something to

do, we all assume a person is

important or successful. It explains the

behavior of many people at work. By

appearing busy, others bother them

less, and simultaneously believe

they’re doing well at their job. It’s

quite a trick.

We now know the opposite to be true.

Or the near opposite. Here’s why:

Time is the singular measure

of life. It’s one of the few

things you cannot get more

of. Knowing how to use it well

is possibly the most important

skill you can have.

The person who gets a job

done in one hour will seem

less busy than the one who

can only do it in five. How

busy a person seems is not

necessarily indicative of the

quality of their results.

Someone who is better at

something might very well

seem less busy, because they

are more effective. Results

matter more than the time

spent to achieve them.

Being in demand can have

good and bad

causes. Someone with a line

of people waiting to talk to

them outside their office door

at work seems busy, and

therefore seems important.

But somehow the clerk

running the slowest

supermarket checkout line in

the universe isn’t praised in

the same way; it means

they’re ineffective. People

who are at the center of

everything aren’t necessarily

good at what they do

(although they might be). The

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bar of being busy falls far well

below the bar of being good.

The compulsion to save time

may lead nowhere. If you’re

always cutting corners to save

time, when exactly are you

using the time you’ve saved?

There is this illusion some day

in the future you get back all

the time you’ve squirreled

away in one big chunk. But

time does not work this way. It

could be that most of our

time savings goes straight into

watching television. That’s

where all the time savings we

think we get actually goes.

The phrase “I don’t have time

for…” should never be

said. We all get the same

amount of time every day. If

you can’t do something it’s

not about the quantity of

time. It’s really about how

important the task is to you. If

you were having a heart

attack, you’d magically find

time to go to the hospital.

That time would come from

something else you’d

planned to do, but now

seems less important. This is

how time works all the time.

What people really mean

when they say “I don’t have

time” is this thing is not

important enough to earn my

time. It’s a polite way to tell

people that they, or their

request, is not important to

you.

This means people who are always

busy are time poor. They have a time

shortage. They have time debt. They

are either trying to do too much, or

they aren’t doing what they’re doing

very well. They are failing to

either a) be effective with their

time b) don’t know what they’re trying

to effect, so they scramble away at

trying to optimize for everything,

which leads to optimizing nothing.

On the other hand, people who truly

have control over time have some in

their pocket to give to someone in

need. They have a sense of priorities

that drive their use of time and can

shift away from the specific ordinary

work that’s easy to justify, in favor of

the more ethereal, deeper things that

are harder to justify. They protect their

time from trivia and idiocy. These

people are time rich. They provide

themselves with a surplus of time. They

might seem to idle, or to relax, more

often than the rest, but that may be a

sign of their mastery not their

incompetence.

We should deliberately try not to fill

our calendar and choose not to say

Yes to everything. To do so would

make us too busy, and perhaps, less

effective at what our goals are. We

should always want to have some

margin of time in reserve, time we are

free to spend in any way we choose,

including doing almost nothing at all.

We free to take detours, open to

serendipity. Some of the best thinkers

throughout history had some of their

best thoughts while going for walks,

playing cards with friends, little things

that generally would not be

considered the hallmarks of busy

people. It’s the ability to pause, to

reflect, and relax, to let the mind

wander, that’s perhaps the true sign

of time mastery, for when the mind

returns it’s often sharper and more

efficient, but most important perhaps,

happier than it was before.

There must have been times in our life

when we believed all our happiness

revolved around how busy we were. If

I was busy, I was using time wisely. If I

was busy, I was proving to myself that I

was valuable. If I was busy, I was

creating the possibility of a better life

in the future. Any threat to my

productivity was a threat to my sense

of hope.

Being busy didn’t make us feel happy,

but it creates the illusion that we are

somehow building a foundation for

that feeling someday, somewhere,

when we could finally slow down and

be free.

Most of us are fiercely defensive of our

busyness. We have processes to

streamline, goals to accomplish,

promotions to earn, debt to eliminate,

exercise regimes to master, dreams to

chase—and hopefully along the way,

people to help and inspire.

We multitask, even when it means not

truly being present in an activity we

enjoy, and maybe even feel guilty for

blocks of unplanned time in our

schedules. We look for productivity

hacks and apps, join forums to discuss

ways to get more things done; and

when we do aim to simplify our lives,

even that undertaking involves a

lengthy to-do list.

Idleness is not just a vacation, an

indulgence or a vice; it is as

indispensable to the brain as vitamin

D is to the body, and deprived of it we

suffer a mental affliction as disfiguring

as rickets. The space and quiet that

idleness provides is a necessary

condition for standing back from life

and seeing it whole, for making

unexpected connections and waiting

for the wild summer lightning strikes of

inspiration — it is, paradoxically,

necessary to getting any work done.

“Idle dreaming is often of the essence

of what we do,” wrote Thomas

Pynchon in his essay on sloth.

Archimedes’ “Eureka” in the bath,

Newton’s apple, Jekyll & Hyde and

the benzene ring: history is full of

stories of inspirations that come in idle

moments and dreams. It almost

makes you wonder whether loafers,

goldbricks and no-accounts aren’t

responsible for more of the world’s

great ideas, inventions and

masterpieces than the hardworking.

Thanks for ideas/inputs to:

Kristin Tucker, Baltimore, Maryland Area

Scott Berkun, who is the author of seven popular

books on creativity, leadership, philosophy and

speaking.

John Baldoni, an internationally recognized

executive coach/author.

Lori Deschene, founder of Tiny Buddha. She’s also

the author of Tiny Buddha’s Gratitude

Journal and other books.

Tim Kreider, an essayist and cartoonist. His most

recent book is We Learn Nothing (Simon &

Schuster).

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http://tinybuddha.com/blog/10-happiness-tips-for-busy-people/

http://tinybuddha.com/blog/10-ways-to-slow-down-and-still-get-things-done/

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By Mary A

The oldest clay pots demonstrably

used to cook plants have been

identified in Libya.

Dated to more than 10,000 years ago,

the unglazed pots are almost certainly

the work of hunter-gatherers rather

than settled farmers, say the

archaeologists.

1. Foremost health benefits of clay pot

cooking come from its ability to

circulate steam throughout cooking.

This provides plenty of moisture and

means that you can cook with less oil

and fat.

2. Since Clay is alkaline in nature and

when food is cooked it neutralizes the

PH balance of food and hence acts

as a natural detox. You will be

surprised to know that mud contains

all the possible vitamins; even Vitamin

B12.

3. Slow cooking process retains all the

nutrients of the food that we cook

and hence the food is much tastier.

4. Reheating the food always leads to

loss of nutrition but if you cook in a

clay pot it retains the temperature for

a longer time and no worries for

reheating. Hence there is no need to

transfer it to a casserole.

Seasoning a Clay Pot

If you season your pot properly, it will

become durable and likely last for a

long time. Without proper seasoning,

however, there’s a high risk of the pot

cracking.

There are a couple of different

methods of seasoning. Immerse the

new Clay pot in a big vessel full of

water for 48 hours, and then scrub off

the mud inside the clay pot using a

scrubber. Let it dry for few hours. Your

pot is ready to be used.

Cleaning the Clay Pot

Because clay is porous, you cannot

clean it using soap or normal

dishwashing detergent. The soap will

soak into the clay and end up

leaching into the next meal you cook

in the pot. Instead, you need to clean

a clay pot using hot water and a stiff

brush. Baking soda can be used to

remove the odors especially if you

have cooked with onion and garlic.

For stubborn stains, take rock salt in a

scrub pad and scrub it nicely. Fill the

pot with hot water and wait for half

hour. Discard the water and wash it

again

Temperature Control

For stovetop cooking start on low heat

and gradually increase the

temperature, usually staying at

medium heat or lower. Sudden rise or

fall of the temperature may lead to

cracking.

Do not place a hot clay pot on a cold

or cool surface, as it will crack. So

when taking a hot pot out of the

oven, always place on a wood/ heat

resistant trivet or a towel.

For oven cooking, the oven does not

need to be preheated. Instead, place

the clay pot in a cold oven and allow

the temperature to rise slowly.

Benefits of Using Clay Pots in Cooking

According to Ayurveda Specialist Dr.

Surya Bhagwati, "cooking in a clay pot

not only has a variety of health

benefits but also makes for an easier

cooking process and in the end, a

more flavorful and nutritious dish. Due

to its numerous health benefits,

Ayurveda suggests cooking in a clay

pot. Cooking in a clay pot is much

better than cooking in a normal

utensil, not just for its various health

benefits, but also makes it much

simpler to cook and improves the

quality of the food at the end. The

porosity and natural insulation

properties of clay causes heat and

moisture to circulate throughout clay

pots. This makes cooking in a clay pot

a much slower process but has added

benefit of preventing amateur cooks

from burning their dishes. More

importantly, this causes the moisture

and nutrient loss while cooking in clay

pots to be much lower compared to

cooking in metal or enamel lined

utensils."

Alkaline Nature

Clay is alkaline in nature and it

interacts with the acidity in the food,

thereby neutralising the pH balance

and eventually making food healthier

and a lot tastier. It is believed to

provide the required minerals

including calcium, magnesium, iron,

phosphorus and sulphur that benefits

our health.

Lesser Usage of Oil

Due to its heat resistance and slow

cooking, the food retains all its oils and

moisture; therefore, you wouldn't

require extra oil and fat for providing

moisture to your food.

Ensures Flavourful Food

Due to slow cooking and porous

nature of clay pots, the moisture and

aroma tends to stay in the pot without

losing any nutrient, hence making

it flavoursome. It also has an earthy

flavour added to it, which we bet you

may not get in any other utensil.

HEALTH BENEFITS OF CLAY

POT COOKING

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APPENDIX

Question of the Month

In the article: ‘LEADERSHIP TIPS FROM

THE RUNAWAY GENERAL’, why was the

General nicknamed so, and what do

we learn from it? Please send your

reply by 15th May.

Question of last Month was:

What does the Chimpanzee Alpha

Male do to the baby chimpanzees to

keep himself in the good books of

their mothers?

The correct and only answer was sent

by Swastika P from HO:

Only during campaigning the male

chimpanzees would tickle the babies

to impress their mothers.

The TED talk was about how Empathy

was an important required for an

Alpha Male to maintain his position.

Do other animals too show Empathy?

Here are three instances:

Elephants Gathered To Mourn A

Conservationist’s Death

Conservationist Lawrence Anthony

developed a reputation as “the

elephant whisperer.” He had the

ability to calm down African

elephants. He worked in the Thula

Thula Reserve, where he spent his time

trying to calm down elephants that

were unhappy about having been

relocated there. The elephants

wanted to leave, but he managed to

keep them in place, knowing that

they would be killed if they left the

protected area.

Years later, Anthony died of a heart

attack. He had not been in the

reserve or seen the elephants for 1.5

years when it happened. The

elephants, somehow sensing that

Anthony had passed, left the reserve

and traveled for 12 hours to his home

to pay their respects. Just as an

elephant will mourn the dead of its

own species, they came out for

Anthony.

In total, two full herds of elephants

came in a procession to his home,

with each one coming separately. This

massive group of gigantic elephants

waited on Anthony’s property for two

days to mourn his death before they

headed back home.

A Pride of Lions Saved a Girl In

Ethiopia

In 2005, a 12-year-old girl near Addis

Ababa, Ethiopia, was dragged out

into the wild and beaten bloody by

seven men. This was supposed to

convince her to marry one of them—

which seems like a weird method but

is shockingly common there.

According to the United Nations, 70

percent of marriages in that area start

with a young girl being abducted,

dragged out into the middle of

nowhere, raped, and then forced to

marry someone.

All that would have happened to this

girl, too, if it wasn’t for a group of lions.

When the girl started crying, a nearby

pride of lions heard her and rushed to

her rescue. The animals pounced on

the men and chased them away,

saving her before she could be raped

and forced into a life of servitude.

That’s not all, though. If they’d just

attacked the men, it could easily

have just been a random lion attack.

But they stayed with the girl. The lions

waited with the bruised child for

about 12 hours—protecting her in

case the men came back—until her

family found her. And when they did,

the lions walked back into the jungle,

leaving her safe.

Macaques Refuse Food If Others Get

Hurt

Another experiment was done on

macaques. The macaques were

given a chain and taught that they

would be fed if they pulled the chain.

The catch, however, was that every

time they pulled the chain, another

macaque would be shocked. If the

macaques didn’t pull the chain, they

weren’t fed at all.

Even though it meant risking

starvation, 87 percent of the

macaques refused to pull the chain if

they knew that it would hurt another

macaque. In one case, a macaque

went a full two weeks without eating

rather than deal with the guilt of

hurting another animal.

It’s pretty impressive but even more

significant when you compare that to

another study. Because another

group of scientists did a similar

experiment on a different animal—

humans. They paid people to pull a

lever that they claimed would shock

another person with electricity. That

other person was an actor who

pretended to be in incredible pain

every time they pulled the lever.

In the experiment with humans, a full

87 percent of the people pulled the

lever all the way to a space marked

“Danger! Severe Shock!” even while

hearing their victim scream in pain. It

was all to get a few bucks which they

could have earned with a few hours

of work.

Editorial team

Roy Zacharias, Editor

Editorial Board: R Suresha, Divya K

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comments and articles. Mail it to:

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