My Writing Journey so Far
It’s easy to look at a finished book and forget the chaos it came from. Recently when rummaging through an old box of papers, I found this (top left, circular diagram thing). That was from…
Category: Management Mumblings
Begin with the End in mind
Over the decades, many business leaders have shifted their mindset, from building companies that are 'built to last,” as Porras and Collins observed; to obsessing over this quarter, sometimes even this month. The collateral damage?…
The Funny Route Life Insurance Companies in India chose to Bridge the Gap in Insurance Cover
Startups often struggle to find a healthy balance between becoming and staying relevant, with marketing and sales, and competition and growth. Their efforts and struggle, while not necessarily always logical, is usually understandable. However, one…
Everything as a Service
Pic: source Over the past decade, the business world has had a real attraction to making everything a service. And rightly so. Would you rather struggle to repeatedly sell your product to the same…
Don’t Worry, Nothing’ll Happen
What was missing before and during the 2007-08 global financial meltdown, and during the Covid-19 pandemic? Or during the Spanish Flu? Or in Nazi Germany? Something that perhaps could have prevented the resulting tragedies? …
The Next Educational Diversion from our normal human behaviour
In my book, I briefly discussed the topic of quality in the world of innovation and automation. My view was that through the quality revolution in the US and Japan and then other parts of…
Segway
Not sure y'all heard, but Segway stopped production in 2020. Founded in 2001, those incredible-looking, futuristic two-wheeled, self-balancing personal transporters were priced at a prohibitive $5000-8000 a unit. Probably why, despite their universal popularity and…
What Inspires Your Startup?
Along their entrepreneurial journey, some entrepreneurs constantly think of better and simpler ways to describe their business. This is an evolutionary process, as their business model undergoes refinement. So, when they meet new people or…
Tata Sky
Image: source This is a heads-up for Tata Sky satellite television provider customers. Here's something Tata Sky has been doing as standard procedure, that I find questionable. If you're subscribed to an annual plan, and say you…
Sharpen your Business Focus
Image: source When starting one's business, a set of people will advice you to keep a sharp focus when it comes to offerings or purpose. Another group might suggest offering as many products or services as possible,…
Work to be Hired
One of the early screening processes to make it to the defense forces, is that of physical fitness. It is one of the more fundamental requirements of the job. Of course, subsequently, those who make the cut…
Did Tata Know in 2012 that Mistry Was Not The Best Fit?
Source: link The aftermath of ousting of Tata Group Chairman, Cyrus Mistry was probably not what the Tata Group, or Mr. Ratan Tata would have anticipated. Then again, could there have been sufficient signs even as Mr. Tata was looking…
Bubble Telescope
Bubble Telescope Is there a bubble forming in the Indian startup scene? The Hubble Space Telescope Is the Indian startup space fast becoming a bubble? Let's take a closer look and find out. At the Goldman…
The Up Side of Consulting
The Up Side of Consulting Here's a post I had drafted for submitting as a resource to MosaicHub, in response to their call to members for 'the Top 5 things businesses need to know about your area…
Carry This
Carry This Last afternoon, I was lucky to chance upon some great customer service. I was at a station in Karnataka, heading back to Bombay with my mom. The indifferent railway staff hadn't been clear about which…