Healthy Saturdays @SoluteLabs
Karan Shah•29 Apr 16•3 min read

Openness
Openness has been a foundational principle at SoluteLabs since its inception. As the team scaled from 5 members in the first five months to 30 members within 18 months, maintaining that culture required deliberate effort. Rapid growth necessitated the introduction of formal processes and organizational hierarchy — a transition that, while initially challenging for some team members, ultimately provided the structure needed to preserve transparency at scale. Witnessing that shared culture re-emerge on a level playing field, outside of the office environment, reinforced how deeply these values have taken root across the organization.

Talent
We were always of the opinion that “more experience = more talent” but time has taught us otherwise. it is so warming to see young talent budding while the seniors guide them. Even in work, the zeal with which the young chaps work is commendable I feel. During the course we met and worked with different people, some are talented but never show otherwise, some have talent but no sense of responsibility; some are responsible but always manage to slip on deadlines; and some give off that impression of being expert coders while they’re actually below average. It has been a tough challenge to have such a team working with us!
Leadership
A company without a leader is like a body without a head, every team whether on a cricket ground or in an organization should have a strong leader. Otherwise, a whole lot of effort is spent on unproductive, repetitive, and unnecessary tasks — a bad leader can send any project into an endless spiral and a good one can lift the whole team towards victory.

Team Work
As wars are not fought with only generals, so are projects or cricket matches never finished or won without a proper team effort. A strong team helps individuals rise above their individual contributions, thus producing a greater output in the end. It’s so overwhelming to have such a great team to work with, Experienced and newbies alike. A perfect team never consists of only A-players, it is the mix of the crowd and the diversity that actually improves with each addition to the team. We have people from different states working together to contribute and reach a common goal.

Luck
I never was a firm believer in luck, but it does have its way sometimes. While there is no alternative to hard work, it is always great to have a bit of luck on our side. One bug resolved fortunately during a sleep or one person joined at the right time to help out on a project — Luck has its part to play everywhere: on the field or in the conference room!😁
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Healthy Saturdays @SoluteLabs






