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 !
Most of us have read Stephen Covey’s landmark book – “Seven Habits of highly effective people”. Krishnan and I consider it a management bible and re-read it often, just to reinforce the habits. Stephen Covey does an experiment using rocks, gravel, sand and water to explain how to prioritise. Take a pot full of water, put … Read more
A working day’s morning in a working couple’s home is plain crazy …. If there are school going children, it’s crazier ! Breakfast to be made, children to be woken up and dressed for school, lunch to be packed, caffeine fixes through coffee or tea, matching socks’, earrings etc and finally the drive through heavy … Read more
Middle of the week .. after the busy Monday and a little less busy Tuesday, Wednesday is like the filling between two slices of bread – can turn out to be bland or can turn out to be tasty !! Hope your “meetings” muscle has been working well. Today we add a new stretch to … Read more
As Krishnan drove from Udavum Ullangal to Red Ginger through the narrow bylanes of Mandaveli, I was terrified that the Yeti might get nicked and worse that we might just hit one of the “weavers” :):):). The weavers are not the saree makers but men and women who blend with their bikes and weave in … Read more
Congratulations to Germany for having won the Football World Cup. I don’t watch football and the only interest I had in this world cup was the fact that it was hosted in Brazil and some games were played in Belo Horizonte, the city we had visited as part of our MBA course last year. The … Read more
Two days back I was reviewing the quality projects in flight and for one particular project, I commented to Allwyn, “please followup on that one” and then it dawned on me ….. “Follow-up is the single largest non-value added work”. I told Allwyn, followup must be 70% of all the work we do and he … Read more
Yesterday I was part of an interesting session on time management and it got me thinking about how we manage time. It’s one of the most felt training need, that comes up with almost everyone in all walks of life. The best tool I have come across is (late) Stephen R Covey’s planner, which he … Read more
On Friday, (the 13th) I attended the introductory session for PGPMAX in Bangalore. I went early as always and sat through the session as Sanjay explained the benefits and the differences between PGPMAX and other exec MBA programs. While we waited for the participants to gather, the AV had pictures of my classmates from 2011, … Read more
