atiek//puspa

What does it take to make an employee feel worthy in their position? Or that is actually not the right question. Years ago, my former senior was always asking "what do you like to do here? use this office to grow" everytime he asked this my mind started wandering, although it was nice to hear, but to be very honest I did not see its practicality. then I asked "if I want to do what I like, then who will take my tasks now?" He only answered with uncertainty. Then my premise was right. It is nice to do what I like, but one should always prioritise doing what is necessary. Once he tried to tackle my task, dealing with spreadsheets, hundred sites to be monitored. Data and monitoring numbers were not familiar in my field, the relationship business. I once designed and working on a database with my software developer consultant, based on what I had learned in my campus. Then I took a 2-weeks leave, it was rebuilt to spreadsheet format. M...

Pagi ini Pak Nasarudin Umar memberikan pandangannya mengenai pendidikan dalam Islam dan pengalaman beliau setelah mengikuti Konferensi Negara Islam yang diselenggarakan minggu kemarin di Jakarta.  Negara-negara Islam hadir dalam konferensi tersebut yang mengkhususkan untuk membahas penyelesaian masalah antara Israel dan Palestina.  "Terlalu sering kita mengonsumsi pemikiran yang berasal dari tempat lain yang berbeda dengan kita. Sudah saatnya kita, Indonesia, menjadi pusat pemikiran yang kemudian menyebarkannya ke tempat-tempat lain. Bayangkan, masalah Israel - Palestina dibahas di Indonesia, begitu jauhnya untuk mencari solusi. Bagaimana bisa mendapat solusi untuk permasalahan di Timur Tengah, ketika tiap hari mereka dilanda perang?" Beberapa hari lalu saya baru membahas dengan @novalpas soal perkembangan pemikiran di ranah sosial media yang gemar menceplok pemikiran barat/ peradaban mengenai pandangan terhadap Islam/ agama. Padahal peradaban tersebut memiliki tr...