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11:11 Tuesdays by Vaishali Wagle October 27, 2026 Happy 11:11 Tuesdays Reader, Here are 1 Thought, 1 Quote, 1 Word and 1 Humour for you to reflect upon this week. 1.ThoughtSometimes, the solution creates a bigger problem. The Cobra Effect derives its name from a fiction story during British rule in India, where the government offered a financial bounty for every dead cobra to lower the snake population. Locals began breeding cobras to collect the reward. When the government canceled the program, breeders released their snakes, making the wild population larger than before. This describes what happens when an intervention produces the very outcome it was designed to prevent. Imagine rewarding sales teams purely on revenue. Revenue rises, but so do discounting, poor-fit customers and deals that don’t last. Or rewarding managers for keeping attrition low. People stay on paper, while disengagement quietly grows. The intention was right. The incentive was incomplete. This is one of leadership’s blind spots: we design systems around the behaviour we want, then overlook the behaviour those systems actually reward. People are not necessarily gaming the system. Sometimes, they’re simply responding rationally to what we’ve told them matters. As a CXO, before introducing a target, solution, incentive or policy, ask not only, “What behaviour will this encourage?” but also, “What unintended behaviour might get introduced?” #LeadershipLab: Free training video on How to become executive ready 1.Quote“The road to hell is paved with good intentions.” 1.WordElucidate (verb) Explain clearly [#WordChallenge: Use this word in your Executive vocabulary this week] 1.HumourIf you liked this and want to share this issue of 11:11 Tuesdays with your friends and colleagues, just send them this link: https://zenesse.kit.com/posts/20261027 Warmly, Vaishali WagleAuthor, Coach, Speaker Zenesse (n.) [Zen-s] My 3 recommendations to re-evolve to a career and life you love......within 90 minutes Let's connect on socials.About this newsletter: You are receiving this email since you are a valued member of the Zenesse community or have shown an interest in Zenesse coaching programs or my book, Scaling Peaks. Every Tuesday, I share 11:11 - 1 Thought, 1 Quote, 1 Word & 1 Humour - for you to reflect upon and bring it into practice. Update your subscription preferences: |
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11:11 Tuesdays is designed for talented professionals become high-performing leaders. It's a weekly newsletter with 1 Thought for you to reflect, 1 Quote to ponder upon, 1 Word for your indulgence, and 1 Humour for reminding that life is not about being dead serious. Hope you enjoy!
11:11 Tuesdays by Vaishali Wagle October 20, 2026 Happy 11:11 Tuesdays Reader, Here are 1 Thought, 1 Quote, 1 Word and 1 Humour for you to reflect upon this week. 1. Thought The three KPIs you missed can overshadow the seven you delivered. A team member achieves seven out of ten goals. The seven wins become background. The three misses become the main story. That's Zeigarnik Effect, which suggests that unfinished tasks tend to hold our attention more strongly than completed ones. In...
11:11 Tuesdays by Vaishali Wagle October 13, 2026 Happy 11:11 Tuesdays Reader, Here are 1 Thought, 1 Quote, 1 Word and 1 Humour for you to reflect upon this week. 1. Thought When a measure becomes a target, it can stop being a good measure. This is Goodhart’s Law —and one of the most consequential traps in management. Why it happens? The problem isn’t measurement. Leaders need metrics. The problem begins when the metric becomes the mission. Because people are remarkably good at delivering...
11:11 Tuesdays by Vaishali Wagle October 6, 2026 Happy 11:11 Tuesdays Reader, Here are 1 Thought, 1 Quote, 1 Word and 1 Humour for you to reflect upon this week. 1. Thought Everyone agreed. Nobody aligned. That is the essence of the Abilene Paradox. It happens in leadership teams more often than we like to admit. Someone proposes a direction. Everyone nods. Nobody raises a concern. The meeting ends with “agreement.” And then, people leave the room with different reservations, interpretations,...