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Perhaps, the most hype korean drama right now is the Start-Up which majority of people has been inflicted with second hero syndrome. However, that's not why I'm jotting down my thoughts today. Watching this drama somehow bring back my earliest memories when my company started the digital journey. Hackathon, agile methodology, challenging the norms, digital savvy, prototyping to get highest ROI and many more. But because of this opportunity as well, I've learnt a lot of life lesson. Same goes for this drama. I could relate so much with the storyline and characters which includes:
  1. Digitalization aspiration - it is not just about pursuing your dream. First, you need to know what is the business case you're trying to resolve. Doing digital is not about converting your manual works into automation of processes but it's also about transforming your organization. Plus, you need to balance the pace of you to scale up your digital products and closing the adoption gaps. This is the reason why we adopting agile methodology in order for us to quickly response to users feedback.
  2. Team vs. teamwork - you can select the best people to be part of your team but if the synergy between team is negative, it will reflected in your product and progress of your journey. Competition is a norm in digital projects and everyone trying to best version of themselves. Therefore, CEO or team lead roles is very crucial. Sometimes you need to make unpopular decisions and need to have the clear vision of your end state. Otherwise, you'll be overwhelmed with internal conflicts. Another tips, select best members based on the capabilities and expertise required for your projects or products. Everyone wants to do digital products because they think this is a glamour job but require hand holding throughout the journey. 
  3. Hackathon to attract investor  - OMG, I can't express this well. Really love the excitement of doing hackathon. Eventhough I'm not the developer but I love the excited of trying to get the supports from your potential VC or investors. This is also the place where ideas & execution will be tested and a place where you could quickly assess people capabilities. From hackathon events, we manage to deploy a lot of digital tools and unlock billions of value creation.
  4. Resistance to change - Yes, we received this a lot. Until today we can't satisfy everyone. Especially when you start to cut down other people jobs but making their roles no longer relevant. But I think that is something inevitable. Digital just accelerating the process. Luckily, ever since we embarked on this journey, when everyone been asked to work from home, we have sufficient digital solutions to keep our business running. But, some people just couldn't see the benefits of this. But, this drama thought me a good lesson - sometimes it's about finding the sweet pace between innovation for the future and current reality. Don't view complaints as trouble but as opportunity to improve further. 

There are lot more I'm planning to share but maybe enough for now. If you put aside the love story, there are a lot of things you can learn from this korean drama. I'm highly recommend this.

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