Sewage Popsicles
Sewage Popsicles Some Taiwanese art students recently created ice popsicles made purely out of sewage water. And the 100 varieties they showcased, reflects exactly how clean we've made our water bodies. With all due credit…
B-schools, MBA grads & Their Priorities
Many b-schools in India are tilting less toward business, management, and ethics; more toward finishing skills. With a strong (and often desperate) focus on placements, they go an extra mile to add superficiality to students. From a scary…
Stop Glorifying terror
The world governments need to stop glorifying terror outfits. For starters, irrespective of what those terror groups might call themselves, what if victim countries gave them shameful and cowardly names. That way, the citizens wouldn't…
Did You Fire the Boss?
Did You Fire the Boss? Image: source Boss stormed to my desk, shouting, "it's the fifth time you're late to work this week. What's the meaning of this?" I, obviously surprised and confused, replied, "that... it's finally Friday?!"…
B2B and B2C Customers
Image: source B2B and B2C Customers For the longest time, Retail, or Business-to-Consumer (B2C) 'customers' have been accustomed to, and driven by, fads, hype, distorted facts and price wars, to influence their buying choices. Busines-to-Business…
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…
Is A Bot After Your Job?
Image: Robin Williams in the Bicentennial Man Yuval Noah Harari paints an interesting and arguably grim picture of the future, in his book Homo Deus. He runs through possible ways in which the world and we humans…
Points of View – Life, Work and Religion
Benjamin Franklin | Image: source How open or rigid, would you say your views and beliefs are? Here's an excerpt from Benjamin Franklin's autobiography, in which he mentions the following interaction with someone: I was acquainted…
Illusions and Delusions
Imran Khan is a decent actor. Delhi Belly was probably the best of the lot he has churned out. Then there's Babita Kumari. A Silver medalist at the 2010 Commonwealth Games. Then a Bronze medalist…
Do Laptops Need to be a Pain in the Neck?
Image: source Irrespective of where we place a laptop when we use them, they're usually well aligned with our arms and hands. This helps make typing relatively effortless. However, have you noticed how the…
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,…
Design Thinking Basics – 3
In his book 'Change by Design', Tim Brown of IDEO highlights the 3 spaces of innovation. These criteria could be considered as some of the foundation pillars of Design Thinking. Here's a pictorial representation of the…
Peace, War, or Chekh-mate
In his book Homo Deus, Yuval Noah Harari mentions Russia's greatest short story writers Anton Chekhov having once said that a gun appearing in the first act of a play will inevitably be fired in the third. Yuval says that…
Design Thinking Basics – 2
In his book 'Change by Design', Tim Brown of IDEO succinctly explains the 3 mutually reinforcing elements of successful design programs. These criteria could be considered as some of the foundation pillars of Design Thinking. Here's…
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…