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April 18, 2010
Published by Abhijit Bhaduri on April 18, 2010
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If You Value Someone Tell Them

This is a true story. I have a friend who heads the India operations of a well known European MNC. He has been with this firm for the past decade. During these years he has built up a fantastic track record of successfully managing assignments in different countries, leading teams to achieve success and is generally well regarded by his employer. Over the last few months he has been experiencing 'career fatigue'. We would often chat about the "What next?" question. He was wondering if he was still viewed as a valuable part of the firm's long term strategy.

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April 15, 2010
Published by Abhijit Bhaduri on April 15, 2010
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Corporate Novels: Mixing Business with Pleasure

Mr R Gopalakrishnan of the Tata Group recently did this story on Corporate Novels for the Economic Times. The article is a great recall of all the "Corporate Novels" that have been written in recent times. In this story called Mixing Business With Pleasure, they have traced authors from corporate India who have penned their novels with stories that somewhere resonate with their experiences. While it is fiction, almost all of them have perhaps been triggered off by some incident or character(s) they have encountered for real. This probably is the formula for realistic fiction that the readers have appreciated generously as well as the sales figures of all these novels will vouch for. I feel honored that Mr Gopalakrishnan is aware of my novels - but I will feel better if I know that he read them as well. Do you think he has?

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April 11, 2010
Published by Abhijit Bhaduri on April 11, 2010
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The Hurt Locker

Husband and wife both get nominated for Academy Awards. Husband's film has already grossed up big bucks and big awards. The bets are on. Everyone knows that no woman director ever wins the Oscar for being the Best Director. Especially when the husband is James Cameron who has made movies like Titanic and the runaway success called Avatar. She tends to make these action movies. A woman making an action flick in Hollywood may get appreciation but not the big award. The big night is here and the Oscar for the best director goes to ...

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April 9, 2010
Published by Abhijit Bhaduri on April 9, 2010
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London Philharmonic and KCP4

If there was one musician in KCP4 who really plays oblivious of the crowd, it was the pianist Mike Herting. He listens to the opening vocals and then peers close to the keys of the piano as if just the way the diamond merchant would look to see that no precious stone from his collection would be missed. He mumbles to himself, he hums the note that he is playing and then with each improvisation, experiences the bliss that comes from playing good music. By the time the song is over, his hair is dishevelled, his specs are foggy and he looks more like a scientist emerging from his lab. But oh what talent... he was just incredible.

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April 4, 2010
Published by Abhijit Bhaduri on April 4, 2010
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Why Organizations Will Impact Politics

I believe this is maybe the tipping point. We are entering the phase where firms will slowly start becoming more overt in its political views. To take on the might of a government even when there is a potential economic downsize to it. Google has just initiated phase three. After all, Youtube, Facebook and Twitter are already blocked in China. Will it happen? A tipping point is always interesting to watch. What do you think?

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March 27, 2010
Published by Abhijit Bhaduri on March 27, 2010
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The Don Tapscott Interview – Part II

Work and learning are becoming the same activity in a knowledge economy. Rather than sending executives off to a learning institution, it makes more sense to increase the learning component of their work. In the company I work for, nGenera Insight, our education program is quite simple: Everyone must blog. By blogging, they need to think about what’s going on the world. They need to become knowledgeable and develop their craft of writing. They need to put forward their thoughts and defend them. This is Executive Education fully integrated into work.

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March 24, 2010
Published by Abhijit Bhaduri on March 24, 2010
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The Don Tapscott Interview – Part I

Work and learning are becoming the same activity in a knowledge economy. Rather than sending executives off to a learning institution, it makes more sense to increase the learning component of their work. In the company I work for, nGenera Insight, our education program is quite simple: Everyone must blog. By blogging, they need to think about what’s going on the world. They need to become knowledgeable and develop their craft of writing. They need to put forward their thoughts and defend them. This is Executive Education fully integrated into work.

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March 9, 2010
Published by Abhijit Bhaduri on March 9, 2010
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Trend Spotting and CI

The best trendspotters are people who have this insatiable curiosity. It is not about age, background or education. You could have older people who possess a sharp curious mind and younger people who don't. Prof Henry Mintzberg (at McGill University), Klaus Schwab (at the World Economic Forum) and Paulo Coelho in my mind are great examples and inspiration of people who continue to be curious and have an innate ability to tap into trends. Paulo Coelho for example, is one of the first to have used twitter to interact with his readers (over 300,000 followers @paulocoelho), or to identify and promote pirate sites that offer his books illegally electronically on the Internet (http://paulocoelhoblog.com/pirate-coelho/ ) a great example about how you can have the courage and the vision to question your own industry…

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