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 !
Sharing our experiences and insights from the corporate world ! Between Krishnan and I, we have 55+ years of corporate experience.
After many flights I finally got my favourite window seat and that too in row two, the Indigo flight was as always full but the one person who had the window seat didn’t come !! I take it as a positive omen for the Financial Accounting test tomorrow morning. It rained as we took off, … Read more
There are some over abused words in the corporate world, like “visibility”, “proactive”, “R and R”, “Values”, “metrics”, “vision”, etc and then there is death by PowerPoint :):) on these very topics. The hope is, inadequacy of skill will be made up with adequate and eloquent words. The world doesn’t work that way, fortunately !! … Read more
There are two big challenges that a manager of manager faces – developing his/her manager and giving developmental feedback to him/her. The biggest challenge a manager of manager faces in developing his direct report is – not to be directive. It’s the easiest way to get things done, so most managers love to be that … Read more
It felt a little strange waking up today at home and not rushing to the class … Not worrying about the test and not skipping breakfast ! Every term at ISB I think is a “time capsule” from which each of us will emerge with new knowledge and a greater set of tools much like … Read more
This is the first 15 minutes I have had since Aug 4th to do anything personal …. They did mean what they said during our orientation, “don’t bother bringing your office laptop, you can’t get to it”. It’s exhilarating to be a student again and interestingly enough, it brings back all the student behaviours – … Read more
It’s funny how history repeats itself and similar things happen similarly in the same “incident frame” 🙂 Today, I took the day off. I had to do the last minute balance packing and a few other chores. I had valiantly tried to work for a couple of hours but the thought evaporated the minute I … Read more
I love the rains – the more the better. I was born in a rain storm, so guess the connection is deep. I always want to get drenched and splash in the puddles. Whenever we have moved to a new house or a new city, it has always rained. It’s like a good luck charm … Read more
There are the telltale signs – aggression, defensive, snooping, favoritism and a low trust bank ! People at the workplace display their insecurity in many of the above mentioned ways. You may wonder why I said aggression as a behaviour trait for the insecure – it helps the person to mask the insecurity from him/herself. … Read more
In corporate life, just as in your personal life, timing is everything … When you say something, when you do something, when you are aggressive, when you are assertive and when do you showcase an idea !! Most of us do not recognise the right moment and many of us don’t wait for it – … Read more
Long meetings, goal setting, manager training, client meetings, shareholder/stakeholder meetings, people issues, emails, operations/financial reviews… And a long day at work comes to an end, only to begin afresh in a few hours. Today during one of the above meetings I realised that a lot of people go through their corporate lives as another “to … Read more