Recently I attended a leadership meeting where I had a brief discussion with Business Unit Head about the Strategy of our company not to diversify and focus on only one specific Industry vertical i.e. Banking and Financial Services (BFS). This was about Data and Analytics capabilities. I made a point with an analogy which was... Continue Reading →
I have often written about Rajiv Bajaj who I admire as one of the best young leaders in India (well, he is 55 years old now, so not really young). His clarity of thought is just awesome. And he doesn't mince words while speaking his mind. Recently I came across his new and a long... Continue Reading →
One of the few people I admire includes Steve Jobs. He was eccentric and probably not a nice man to work with or live with. But he was equally amazing in thinking big, innovation, execution and relentless pursuit of excellence. His ability to see future and to sell ideas/dreams was pure genius! I still watch... Continue Reading →
My Pakistani friend shared this Harvard Business Review article which I really liked and thought of posting here. Some may not be able to access the link in certain regions, so posting the article here with due acknowledgement and the link. Persuading the Unpersuadable From the Magazine (March–April 2021) The legend of Steve Jobs is... Continue Reading →
When I started reading English, I read fiction for the first few years. The typical trajectory of any Indian middle-class boy who was not from English medium. I started with Agatha Christie and P G Wodehouse books and then Perry Mason, Ronald Dahl, Jeffry Archer, Dan Brown, followed by Indian English (Malgudi Days etc). This... Continue Reading →
I had decided in December 202 that this year (2021) I'll not buy any new book. This is because I already have enough backlog to clear for the whole year. However, when I decided that, it was with one exception. I had already pre-ordered a book in late Dec 2020 which was going to arrive... Continue Reading →
I have blogged multiple times about Rajiv Bajaj and his no-nonsense and logical approach of management. He is also someone who would not mince words and shy away from criticizing Government, when needed. Here is his latest interview with Barkha Dutt about lockdown in India and impact on Indian economy, and more... https://youtu.be/K-K1ajXpk-U
NY Times July 30, 1987: Microsoft buys Forethought, maker of PowerPoint, for $14M in cash Today: PowerPoint has 500M usersMicrosoft Office is $30B+ revenue per year$14M of Microsoft stock from July 1987 would be worth ~$10B today This is a good example of the "moat" Warren Buffett always talks about. In a way Bill Gates... Continue Reading →
Rajiv Bajaj is one of my favourite Indian business leaders and I have blogged about him many times. It was through Rajiv's talk that I got to know about Al Ries and Jack Trout. I had heard their names, but not followed them as keenly. Rajiv spoke highly of the two, especially Jack Trout who... Continue Reading →
I had written a blog on lessons in Marketing via cooking sometime in October 2018. I had sent the same to our alumni web magazine/newsletter and had forgotten about it. I recently got to know from a feedback from my IIM-A classmate that the article was actually published in the IIM-A newsletter called WIMWIAN in... Continue Reading →
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