An Ergonomic Chair !
We bought an “office” ergonomic chair for our work table at home from Amazon…. after nearly 29 years !! Its quite comfortable and brought back a busload of memories.
Office
Book Review #24/50 – If God was a Banker
As I mentioned in my review of Ravi Subramanian’s first book, I like his style of writing and I had already started reading this book as soon as I completed reading “The Bankster”. This book came out in 2007 and traces the careers of two IIM graduates Sundeep and Swami, from the time they join … Read more
The “new” regular day at work!
Today was a regular day of work at ShikshaDaan for Krishnan and I. The first thing we did was to work on queries that had been raised on our proposal to a company and then we had a call with another potential sponsor. We had a meeting with Sudha, a development sector professional and a … Read more
Short fuse for long meetings !
I choose this time to write this blog because in many Indian corporations, the work day has wound down and in many American corporations, and American corporations with Indian operations, the work day is half-way through. This is the “no-man’s land” of working hours, perfect to make my point. How was your day today ? … Read more
Anywhere office !
Today I had a call to take at 2.30 and Krishnan had to sign about 1500 papers at the same time … I know the 1500 papers got your attention :). These are for ShikshaDaan. These papers had to be signed at our CA’s office in Paschim Vihar which is about 35 Kms from home. … Read more
Banyan Tree Or Oak Tree Leadership ?
I was discussing a particularly well known leader with a colleague at work and it suddenly dawned on me that this leader had not allowed a single person to grow under him. We discussed our respective favorite leaders and all of them had several stories of helping their team members grow. Interesting. So I thought … Read more
Stick around – dont vegetate
In another 15 days I would have spent ten years in Aon Hewitt, a firm I absolutely love working in. As I think back on these ten years, nearly half my career, I see the fruits of sticking around for this long. I joined as a mid-level manager and all the right things happened. I … Read more