An interesting event for tech students and for me!
Madras Christian College (MCC) is known for its 365-acre wooded campus and alumni including PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi, an Oscar winner, and a former president of India. I too was a student there, but 28...
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The German Genius
Courtesy: Designers & Books The concept of genius"The concept of genius – individuals whose creations offered glimpses of divine wisdom, glimpses of perfection – meant that self-cultivation,...
View ArticleWhy they say, "It's a Woman's World"
Yellen, Lagarde, and Merkel may be ruling the world in some ways, but they're only 3 among a much larger and growing number of women in top positions in various fields. Last week, there was a program...
View ArticleWhen you left your job, what did you leave behind?
What kind of resources and capabilities did you create at your former employer – that others will enjoy long after you left? Do we have a business tool to figure this?We know that companies with...
View ArticleStrategy and execution: converging?
Two of the Big Four accounting firms, PwC and Deloitte have bought strategy consulting firms Booz & Company and Monitor respectively. The big IT companies have their own strategy or business...
View ArticleBloom's take on the IT-to-BT move
Based on a conversation with David Bartoletti of Forrester Research, author/trainer Eric Bloom writes about the move to business outcomes driven business technology (BT). Click here to read his blog...
View ArticleIndia: need for "Be clean" lessons
A visitor said he took a train trip to see "Incredible India," but what he saw instead was people squatting in front of the railroad tracks. An unbelievable 1 out of every 2 indians defecates in the...
View ArticleCarrie Underwood among 100 most influential
On the YouTube video above is Carrie singing "How Great Thou Art." This video went viral with 3 million views in 2 days!Carrie is one of 100 Most Influential People featured by TIME about a month ago....
View ArticleEffective digital communication: a brief checklist
Your message is effective if it accomplishes what you intend it to do. If you represent today's digital corporation, you need communications that:Are designed for optimal delivery on multiple...
View ArticleOrganizations need enterprise-grade user interfaces
In conventional user-centered design, the user interface (UI) is viewed as a medium for human-computer interaction, and so – the focus is on human factors and the goal pursued is usability. While...
View ArticleBusiness-centric software discovery & design
Conventional software practice is optimized to produce quality software on time within budget – which is a good thing. The recurring bad news though is: Poor business outcomes from software-spend....
View ArticleIt looked like it was all over, but suddenly
Investors stopped funding, employees left, co-founder dropped out. It looked like Luis-Daniel Alegria's company had failed, but suddenly everything changed.Watch the Vamos story unfolding in Startup...
View ArticleCorporate ladder-climbing today: Akin to asset bubble build-up?
Ladder-climbing per se is not bad. Here we're talking about the unqualified ladder-climber. Someone who's not ready for the next level. Someone whose ONLY pursuit in life is superficial status and...
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Is Design Thinking worth the time and money?
Designing Thinking (DT) is a bunch of tools or techniques that can be used in your design or innovation process. In Solving Problems with Design Thinking, authors Jeanne and others list the following...
View ArticleWhat research says about poor givers such as India
We know that Indians are generally poor when it comes to giving to others. We have linked this to a selfish culture. Interestingly, research by folks at Pennsylvania State University and University of...
View ArticleIs capitalism in India really free-market?
Writing about doing business in India, Chetan Bhagat says, "We call it free-market capitalism, but in reality it is state-controlled capitalism."Click to read his article.
View ArticleWhy Indians choose science: and it's not what some have been told to believe
"We (indians) want our kids to study science because it enables them to do professional degrees that will help them get a job. We want to use science for our selfish interests ..." says Chetan Bhagat....
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Small, but S'well team
Courtesy: Mrs Green's WorldLarge teams are good for the obvious reason that they provide jobs to many. This reason is helpful in countries like India with a large population, but this noble reason is...
View ArticleAchievers not afraid to say "I did it"
GM board member Steve Girsky says, "I made big changes."Cassius Clay aka Ali says, "I was the best player in the tournament ... I did a lot."Both quotes picked from the July-Aug 2014 issue of HBR.Isn't...
View ArticleStructure or strategy: which one first?
"Structure must follow strategy – not the other way around," say Marc de Swaan et al in HBR (they show how the marketing organization can connect to corporate strategy).That aligns with what Kaplan...
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