This blog is our space to write about our thoughts, views and notes about our travels. Osho owned 90 Rolls Royces while being a Sanyasi ….. The so-felt contradiction is very fascinating and hence the name !
Bindu & Krishnan This was written by me on the Hussain Sagar express train on Jan 11, 2003 “This school never closes Until you graduate It opens every day With the Sun, And goes on till you Nod off to sleep… You wade through it Sometimes over sharp stones, Sometimes over mossy ones And some other times, On … Read more
Wisdom comes in all sizes and last Sunday it came from a less than 2 foot, less than 3 year old little girl called Neha :). Antony decided to finally come meet me and tried scaring me saying his whole family is with him. He didn’t manage to scare me and so came over with … Read more
This is a leadership lesson of what not to do rather than what to do. There is a huge surge towards “mentoring” and “coaching” programs in organizations. Two reason why this is probably happening – people move into senior management and leadership roles at a young age, so need a coach it provide the experience … Read more
Gurpreet was part of the second batch of customer service colleagues that I had hired way back in 2004. She has learnt, adapted and has built a great career for herself in Aon Hewitt. The reason am talking about her, is because last week after nearly two years she got me her famous cake from … Read more
Very soon CEOs will be renamed CCOs – Chief Change Officers. It’s a VUCA (Volatile, Uncertain, Complex, Ambiguous) world that we live in and only he/she will succeed who can bring change and manage change effectively. For sometime now, my status message on our internal chat system is “Change before change, after is too late”. … Read more
The famous quote “Culture eats strategy for breakfast” notwithstanding, the “environment” in most organizations is a neglected area. Just as we don’t heed the messages about “global warming”, we care little about the “talent warming” in our firms. The easy answer everyone in the corporate world, hopes will come true is “Gen Y and the … Read more
There was so much to be distracted – people questioning his marital status, 2002, why he won’t wear a skull cap, phone tapping references, his mentor turning foe, many of his senior leaders trying to pull the carpet from under his feet, every opposing party using him for target practise, some loose cannons making derogatory … Read more
Oh finally someone is smart enough to understand the link between education and degrees !!!! And all of us dithering citizens are so dumb, neither educated nor with degrees that we didn’t know whom to vote for. For instance we didn’t know that a tea seller should not get so many of our votes, we … Read more
There were two heroes during my school days – we wrote essays about them, we spoke about them in our speeches and generally thought of them as role models – Bapu and Chacha Nehru. Our first Prime Minister, Pandit Nehru, who passed away 50 years back on this day. He was a beloved leader during … Read more
ModiJi, as you start working today as our Prime Minister, here’s a gift. These are the words of your favorite leader, Swami Vivekananda. Print it and maybe keep it in front of you because the nation is betting on you. We gave you a clear mandate so you can work without unnecessary compromises. This quote … Read more