Aruni

"This is a timely post.  I just started consulting for a company called Zome Energy Networks - www.zomepower.com and I was at a conference (DistribuTech) last week in San Antonio learning a lot about the smart grid & meeting many folks who run utility companies across the nation.  One of the big challenges that kept surfacing was the fact that most consumers don't really care to know what is going on with energy...they just want it to work, be there on always on, and be cost effective.  So there has to be "set it and forget" it hardware/software so that consumers can opt in or out of energy managment programs.  Most of the people I met who worked at utilities do want their customers involved in energy management, they just don't want to be responsible for accidentally turning off/on/up/down devices that a consumer deems as critical at a certain point in time. It was a very interesting conference and a great learning experience for me in the clean energy/smart grid space." - Aruni

"This is well written.  I have had a couple of experiences recently of e-teams not appreciating how much time & dedication it takes to effectively manage people.  I just did a post called Leadership, Management and Unicorns about some of my observations.  To me, one of the key skills of being a great manager is the ability to listen and interpret what your peers and co-workers are trying to say.  We all communicate things differently and getting people to move in the same direction on a consistent basis is not and easy thing to do." - Aruni

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"Happy New Year to you too Fred and the AVC blog community.  Although I haven't had the opportunity to comment much this past year, I have read most of your posts.  Here's to a great new year of creativity, entrepreneurship, and building great companies that empower people internally & externally." - Aruni