If you were operating at or connected to the senior levels in the technology industry, the news of Sikka's exit from Infosys would neither be shocking nor unexpected. It was a question of when - not whether - Sikka would be out of Infosys. So what went wrong ?The HistoryWhen Sikka took charge, Infosys was... Continue Reading →
राजा कालस्य कारणम्
कालॊ वा कारणं राज्ञॊ राजा वा कालकारणम्।इति ते संशयॊ मा भूद राजा कालस्य कारणम् ||१२|६९|७९ (भीष्म युधिष्ठिराला म्हणतात) काळ हा राजाला कारण होतो का राजा हाच काळाला कारण होतो, याविषयी तूं संशयांत पडू नको. कारण की, राजा हाच काळाला कारण आहे.In modern parlance: "People get the King/Government they deserve."
Leadership vs Management and Gyan
A few days ago there was high-level Strategic Planning Meeting within my organization to plan for the internal goal/ initiative. The goal is to double the revenue by 2012 and to quadruple it by 2015!!! Certainly a very ambitious and daunting task…So I was overwhelmed when I received following message in my Inbox:----------------As we continue... Continue Reading →
Speech by JAVED AKHTAR at India Today Conclave…and response by Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Javed Akhtar and Sri Sri Ravi Shankar both participated in India Today Conclave - where Javed Akhtar delivered this speech. Sri Sri Ravi Shankar responded to it later (not at the conclave).------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Spirituality: Halo or Hoax?Speech by JAVED AKHTAR at India Today ConclaveI am quite sure ladies and gentlemen, that in this august assembly nobody would... Continue Reading →
An MBA’s thoughts on MBA Glut
Further to my post On IIMs’ high salary: The true story has a twist I wanted to write about my thoughts on MBA and its perception in people's mind. I could not do that till now; but a couple of things finally pushed me write this post.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Scene 1 A: My colleague at work was talking... Continue Reading →
Or else…
Last week a VP of our company visited us and spent some time with us – there was typical Motivational Speech by him which was followed by Q&A…I call it DQ&DA i.e. Dumb Questions and Diplomatic Answers JThe VP said ‘Feel free to ask any question…do not hesitate, you can ask any dumb questions…’ and... Continue Reading →
On ‘IIMs’ high salary: The true story has a twist’
Jan-Apr period every year is the most important one for Indian B-schools, IIMs, ISB et al.Because this is the period when on-campus placements are held and these schools, which seem to consider the salary earned as the only parameter to show their worth, come all out with their new records of salaries offered!This year was... Continue Reading →
On Graphology – Part 2
I got a couple of quick comments for my earlier post on Graphology so let me elaborate on that further... About my apprehensions about this 'science' called Graphology:1. A person's signature/ handwriting keeps on changing over the years - does that mean that his nature/ personality too keeps of changing? In case of changes in... Continue Reading →
For sale: baby shoes, never worn
This thing amused me a lot - especially after having just completed Atlas Shrugged - which is about 1200 pages long!Have you heard of 'Flash fiction'? (or 'sudden fiction' or 'microfiction', 'micro-story' or 'postcard fiction' or 'short short story')I hadn't - till I came across this Ernest Hemingway's six-word flash, "For sale: baby shoes, never... Continue Reading →
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