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 !
People that Krishnan and I look upto !!!
Paul Polman – A refreshing true leader in an 150 year old firm. This interview came in the Economic Times – corporate dossier and was an absolute pleasure to read. Paul speaks of sustainability, basics of leadership and gives jargon-less practical “gyan”. Reading this interview also made me believe again in the value of purpose, … Read more
Dear Bapu, I was born exactly 100 years after you and was brought up being told about your doctrines, your experiments with truth and the non-violence principle. My dad infact had your 3 monkeys as a display item always at home. As I grew up and learnt a bit more, understood life a bit more, … Read more
The parallels are uncanny, The lifespans overlapping for 30 years, The colouring similar, The fight very different and much longer, The result probably still to come ! Madiba, you are loved and revered As much as the Mahatma But the burden of sainthood Might escape you and for good The pedestal is dangerous Makes the … Read more
I didn’t think I will get a chance to meet him in this trip, but telepathy worked and just as I picked up my phone on Monday during a break, Venki called 🙂 and we did manage to meet on Tuesday. Not just me, the gang managed to meet him which was almost like being … Read more
I attended a Nasscom session today. Ravi Venkatesan was interviewing Prof Joseph Stiglitz, a two time Nobel laureate. All that we learnt in our macro economics class at ISB was worth it because I understood everything that was spoken, and fascinatingly enough, Prof Stiglitz had some compelling arguments about why Walmart’s entry into India is … Read more
As I wrote out the 2012 year end note I forgot one of the biggest losses – Stephen Covey. Stephen Covey brought back the character ethic, that was forgotten in the wake of the personality ethic that Dale Carnegie and his kind promoted. Basically, the difference being outward cosmetic changes won’t work, as long as … Read more
The news channels talk of the end of an era …. As you retire from your role as the chairman of Tata Sons. You don’t know me, but like me, there are several professionals for whom you are a role model and an inspiration. In a world that is ready to take every shortcut in … Read more
Last Sunday I was working on creating the program for a one day intervention on Monday and as always Krishnan was finding me interesting videos and other material. He found the right video for the finale and that really was a grand finale for the intervention. Then this Sunday I was working on another homework … Read more
Today is a big day … Two Armstrongs left the stage – one left the world, the other left the world of cycling. What a day !! The first man to step on Moon, Neil Armstrong said “one small step for man, a giant leap for mankind” and he was a giant amongst men – … Read more
I went for this one week management training program to Chennai because the owners of the NIIT franchise sent me for it and one of the partners infact did the program with me. I found the name MILT very strange and the trainer’s name a bit more… But it was the program that brought my … Read more