Learning exponentially by cubes...

“Every problem has in it the seeds of its own solution.

If you don't have any problems, you don't get any seeds.”

I can very well say it now – “Every new session of Prof. Mandi brings a new fun for us”. Wait, Wait...you might be thinking about the fun involved in the last two activities which had a lot of analysis. Rest assured this activity will put your nerves to get into it and at the end of it, you yourself can bring about the analysis and that too from a manager perspective. So here comes my experiment of building a colorful structure.

Aim: To reassemble the Navrang cube into its original form.

Requirements: 9 different colored cubes (3 each), a logical mind, positive thought process, capacity to join two individual cubes.

Constraints: Every face of the cube should have each of the 9 colors.

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Steps:

1.We were all given a cube to play with. Not quite a Rubik's cube - this one was a 'Navrang' cube with 27 removable sub-cubes.

2.      Remember one Management Lesson: Identify, Organize, Solve and Communicate.

3.      The key to solving any problem is building organization. You organize your problems and their sub-problems in order and you are done with the major part of the job.

4.      Segregate the similar elements of the problem - the like-colored cubes - together. Once you have done that, everything else falls into place, and your coming out successful is simply a matter of applying simple logic and common sense in each level, and avoiding any mistakes while you do so.

5.      Group all the 3 colored cubes into one place and start picking up individual cubes and arrange them in the following order. (Example: For colors Orange(O) , Green (G) , White(W))

6.      One row corresponds to one ROD and three rods form one PLATE. Finally combine all the plates to form a cube.

Caution: Degree of Randomness = 0. If in any part of the process you are going randomly, the problem cannot be solved.

Result:  There is a cycle involved in solving the problem –

Small Cubes  ->  Rods  ->  Plates  ->  Navrang Cube

Managerial Concepts involved:

1.      Not all organizational problems are as difficult as they might seem at first look, and even the very difficult ones can be managed, provided you apply principles of organizational management to them.

2.      Another concept in all of this is the importance of effective communication. The better you are at communication, the better you learn how to do things.

3.      You will get to know “What to do” from the person who has win anything. But, “What not to do” can only be told by someone who has failed it once. So, watch some YouTube videos, learn from the experiences of your seniors, or the mistakes of your peers, and nothing can teach you better. Unless the name is Prof. T Prasad.

4.      Now you have learnt the concept, go and record a video in your native language. It will help the local people of your area, from the corner paan shop to the highest graduation colleges. Reach out to as many as you can.

5.      Communicate well; don’t be confused in the videos. Our one glitch shatters all the confidence of the beginner. So talk like a leader conveying exactly what you want to.

The experiment ends here. I leave you with the video to demonstrate the process of Navrang cube.

Learn, Practice, Implement!