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If you were to impart 1 skill (soft, work related or experience learnt) and 1 piece of advice to a colleague what would it be and why?

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Question added by Erika Southey , IT Project Manager , UCS TS
Date Posted: 2013/07/16
Hussein Bahgat
by Hussein Bahgat , Information Security manager , Standard Chartered Bank –

Remember the steps of scientific thinking ? , the six steps from primary school ? , Put those on your desk as a check list and make sure you follow each step in any phone call you do for work, I actually did this with my time and the results were astonishing , you never end up calling back for more details or missing information , just to remind you the steps are1 State a Problem ------------> why are you calling (before you pick up the phone)2 Gather Information ----------> ask about what serves your problem3 Form a Hypothesis ------------> explain how you understood the answer &4 Test the Hypothesis-------------> Ask a test question5 Draw a conclusion------------> conclude the result with your other party6 write the result------------> document and act

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