Kushan Perera

Recently (Oct 20, 2018), I got a chance to meet Microsoft tech enthusiasts in New York City who was passionate about Microsoft Flow and cloud-based workflow solutions at Microsoft Technology Center Times Square.

My session titled as Ultimate Office 365 workflow provider and I got chance to share my experience around Microsoft Flow and business productivity. 

Code Camps are "grass-roots" mini application platform developer conferences featuring presentations by developers and for developers. The event is open to attendees and presenters of all stripes and experience! Need to know more about code camp NYC? Follow https://codecampnyc.org/.

Being Microsoft MVP is all about meeting techies with same rapport. I got chance to get a snap with co-speakers at the Code Camp.

Daniel Goleman’s "Harvard Business Review Study, Leadership That Gets Results" identified six types of leadership styles. Here they are:

The pacesetting leader: This leader says “Do as I do, now.” Many people think this is what a leader looks like. The downside is that if you’re always doing what the boss says, there isn’t much room for your innovation.

The authoritative leader: This leader says “Come with me.” Goleman found this leadership type is best when there is a need for a new vision. For instance, if the company is dealing with change. These leaders inspire workers towards that new vision.

The affiliative leader: This leader says “People come first.” When a company is going through a tough time, this style can serve you well in relationships. But Goleman cautions that too much focus on nurturing leadership can result in weakened performance.

The coaching leader: This leader says “Try this.” When developing a leadership pipeline, this type of leader shines. This is someone who looks for personal strengths and helps develop them. However, this leadership style won’t work if the team doesn’t want to learn.

The coercive leader: This leader says “Do what I tell you.” Goleman says this is a last resort leadership style because it alienates team members. If there is an actual emergency, this approach works great, though. Otherwise, stay away.

The democratic leader: This leader says, “What do you think?” This works great when you need new ideas—which is often. But it fails miserably in an emergency.

Ultimate Office 365 Workflow Provider: Microsoft Flow 

I will be speaking at Code Camp NYC on Microsoft Flow at 09:15 AM EST Microsoft Technology Center Times Square NYC.

Check out other interesting sessions with codecampnyc.org/schedule 

Hartford Connecticut is one of community whose is having a lower level of digital literacy as for statistics. 

Yesterday, I started to volunteer as a digital tutor at  Literacy Volunteers of Greater Hartford who is also known as LVGH. During this involvement, I believe I could help the community to climb up from current state of literacy. 

The plan is to cover internet technologies and Microsoft Office productivity toolings which will improve their quality of day to day life.

We have tried some activity to understand the productive method to fill the technology gap and method I could reach them as a technologist.