November 18, 2012
People make career choices based on what they want. I made career choices based on what I did not want. The tenth standard exams were over […]
November 10, 2012
Some CEOs also display a singular lack of conscience when they fudge account books, siphon off funds and generally misuse power and office for their personal gain. Create a distinct cluster of the personality traits like focus, charm, fearlessness etc and then add a dash of low intelligence, violence and impulsiveness to this list and suddenly we are not describing a CEO. We are describing psychopaths who make up almost fifteen to twenty five percent of the prison population. The ingredients are the same. Just changing the amount of the ingredients is good enough to change a winning CEO to a Hannibal Lecter
November 3, 2012
Choice is a strange thing. Give someone too much choice and the person gets confused. If we have no choice we are unhappy. No one likes […]
October 28, 2012
The last few days have seen two role models demolished. We have had to rethink our notion that our role models have to be super human. […]
October 22, 2012
According to the aviation ministry, in September 2012, the market share for Jet Airways’ stood at 23.8%, Spicejet at 18.5% and Kingfisher Airlines at merely 3.5%. […]
October 15, 2012
I was once asked to speak to a group of high school students on how to choose careers. I wanted to know what they defined as […]
October 11, 2012
Inquilab Shrivastav turns seventy today. That person has for four decades and more built the brand that is Amitabh Bachchan. Writing anything about him is like […]
October 6, 2012
Let’s start with a quiz. How do we rate the effectiveness of TV programs? The Target Rating Point (or TRP) indicates the popularity of a TV […]
October 2, 2012
Before you draw the conclusion that Jugaad is for those who cannot afford the real stuff, the book also has drawn on examples from the Fortune 500 companies to see how they are leveraging the same principles to drive innovation in a resource strapped world. Don't miss their take on six skills to look for if you are trying to hire innovators.