Professional Effectiveness

Most of us believe that theory is a waste of time. Take the adage, “Give a man a fish and he is not hungry for a day; teach a man to fish and he will not be hungry ever!” what we want is the fish, not the theory behind catching fish. When I ask some one […]

I see a lot of my proteges / mentees having a lack-lustre linkedin profile and I am saddened by it.  Let me put it this way. To paraphrase an author I read some time ago (frankly I do not remember, but this is not my idea…) in your self-branding exercise, Facebook is like a pub […]

Is it important to have specific and measurable goals? It they keep on changing, what is the purpose of having a goal? The answer to the first one is yes, we need to have goals, that too, written goals (one study shows that written goals are more likely to be achieved). If we do not […]

Now this is a title that will attract attention. This document details everything that I have done or experienced over the last 18 months for weight loss. Disclaimer: I am not a doctor, and please do not flame me with technical data which proves that I am wrong. Most technical data seems to change over […]

When we did manual labour and did not have labour-saving devices, we worked from morning to night creating the same output that we can now deliver in a fraction of that time. By manual labour, I do not mean physical labour, it could also be accounting, computing, research, even reading (dare I call it studying?)… […]

The traditional way of managing ebooks is by creating a hierarchy of directories by topic. If there is a book that is goes across topics, you either create a shortcut or copy the file over. Managing this can become a nightmare. After some time, we may have duplicates, and we do not know where they exist, as […]

While teaching strategy, I debunk most of the strategies like BCG, Porter, etc. For that matter, I debunk most of what has been taught. Students are then confused. Why did we study them? Why did we learn to ride the bicycle? To learn the concept of freedom, of balance and road sense. This led to […]

In medical emergencies, such as a large scale disaster, where need is more than the supply of resources, “triage” is a way of determining priorities. At the most primitive level it is: Those who are likely to live, regardless of what care they receive; Those who are likely to die, regardless of what care they […]

OK, let us get real. It depends on what you want from an MBA education. If it is to avoid looking for a job, because the economy is down, then any MBA will do. This article is not for you. If you want to extend your educational life, then this article is not for you. […]

Most students join an MBA program for the following reasons: A simple graduation does not fetch a decent job Having done Bachelors in Business Administration, there is little choice but to do an MBA Extending their academic life by two more years Go far away from their parents and relatives to a place where no […]