Preparing children for the future workplace
Everyday tucked away between pages of your newspaper are indications of the future. A somewhat innocuous and even cute version of the future when viewed in isolation. “Rise of the machines as ANZ...
View ArticleWill you even see that photo?
I grew up in the age when the fanciest camera in our family was a small box camera. I think the make was Bunny. It took twelve black and white photos. Each photo was precious....
View ArticleBranding matters if we wish to go global
The 2015 ranking of best Global brands by Interbrand has been released and no brand that has built in India features in that list. Should we care? Even China has its presence marked in that...
View ArticleNoPayMBA: Business education without an expensive MBA?
Do you really need to go to a fancy B-School and spend big bucks to get an MBA? What if you reframed the problem and decided to get the education needed (without the degree and...
View ArticleHow to find a “jagged” resume
While reading a resume, most people start at the top and work their way to the end of the document. What if recruiters started reading the resume backwards? That is where you might discover a...
View ArticleWho is responsible for your happiness at work?
I am a little wary of the lists that periodically announce the best places to work. It creates the illusion in the minds of many that if only they could wrangle a job offer with...
View Article5 ways to make Indian B-Schools feature in global rankings
The Wall Street Journal recently ran a story called ‘why don’t many Indian MBA programs appear in global rankings?’ It is always the same story. We have no dearth of B Schools in India. We...
View ArticleBook review: Unfinished Business by Anne-Marie Slaughter
Left to nature alone, the population on earth would be give or take 50% men and 50% women, according to what’s become known as Fisher’s Principle. But look at the statistics: US has just 15%...
View ArticleOla boats — was that a good idea?
I went to Chennai on November 17th evening for a day. I had seen pictures of waterlogged streets and knew that several businesses had invoked emergency measures. People were advised to stay indoors....
View ArticleDo open offices lower productivity
Startups have open offices – mostly. Everyone from the twenty year old founder to the twenty one year old employees are all sitting around in open cubicles. It is a visible symbol of a non-hierarchical...
View ArticleIs “baby talk” bad for the baby?
Babies make us behave … um … shall we say, differently. As soon as we see a new born the tone of our voice changes to a more sing song kind of voice. We stretch...
View ArticleShould women authors be treated differently?
Does the reader really care about the gender of the author when they read a book? Does knowing the gender of the author precondition the reader? When a book review mentions that it is a...
View ArticleBeyond Apu: 20 Favorite film roles of Soumitra Chatterjee
Soumitra Chatterjee’s association with Satyajit Ray started with Apur Sansar (1959) – the last film in the Apu Trilogy. His association with Ray spanned over three decades. The most popular Ray films...
View ArticleMovie review: Wazir
The story of Wazir is supposed to have been brewing in Vidhu Vinod Chopra’s mind for the past several years. When Chopra met his writer Abhijat Joshi in 1994, he told him about the idea...
View ArticleKolkata Literary Meet 2016 & Abhinav Bindra
In January 1901, on the death of Queen Victoria, the then Viceroy of India, suggested the creation of a fitting memorial. He proposed the construction of a grand building with a museum and gardens. The...
View ArticleThe Confidence Game – Maria Konnikova
In India we often refer to a confidence trickster or a con as a “420”. The term “420” comes from a reference to Section 420 of the Indian Penal Code is used in India to...
View ArticleIs technology the answer to improve hiring?
Hiring means taking a bet on a person’s ability to do a job with the expected proficiency. Each person hired in an organization represents the belief that the person hired was the best possible choice....
View ArticleThe creators code
What do you get when someone analyzes 10,000 pages of interview transcripts and more than 5,000 pieces of archival and documentary evidence? You get The Creators Code. That’s Amy Wilkinson’s book about...
View ArticleUnconscious bias against women professionals
Women’s Day is an opportunity to think about how to make conscious choices to build a more inclusive workplace. That means we should look at policies that allow for flexibility in when, where, and how...
View ArticleBook Review: Superbosses
Look at the top fifty people in any industry and trace back their early years. You will soon discover that they all have worked for a common leader who had extraordinary influence in shaping their...
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