Category Archive

The following is a list of all entries from the Management category.

Rough and Tumble with ROI

Updated 25 Apr 2009:  Jim McGee has a brilliant post on bridging analytic and management cultures. Is it that ROI is a catchphrase from the oral management culture which is fundamentally in conflict with ideas which are from the literate culture of the organization?
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In the Soul of Success series, i am still not happy with [...]


The UnLeadership Manifesto – making of the 21st century leader – part 1

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Leadership of every hue and cry has been covered in over 437, 869 book titles available on Amazon.com alone (Search for Leader). Not to speak of countless blog posts, magazine and newspaper articles on the subject.
Judging from the reams of material that has been written and from personal experience, Leadership is a tough topic and [...]


Can passion be taught? – part 3 – the key is producing

Updated Oct 10, 2008 – Nirmala, a KM professional joined the conversation with several insights on her blog. Thanks for the link Nirmala.
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Teaching passion is one of my favorite areas. I started thinking about this again because i felt we have not been able to package the superb discussion that this topic has generated. Lots [...]


Life’s lessons from Vishwanathan Anand – world’s no.1

Updated Apr 27,2008: Owing to Vijay Arumugam’s comment, i have amended the greatest designation i gave to Anand. Thanks for pointing out Vijay.
Last night we had the privilege of listening to Vishwanathan Anand – arguably amongst the greatest sportspersons from India if not the greatest. He singlehandedly put Chess on the national sporting agenda. Unfortunately, [...]


Divining the mind of the Indian Consumer

I am at the Microsoft Leadership Conclave in Dubai. Yesterday, we had a chance to listen to Prasoon Joshi, Executive Chairman, McCann Erickson, Asia Pacific. He presented his understanding of the current day Indian consumer interspersed with memorable ad campaigns created by his team. It was f***ing brilliant.
Here are his key insights and his explanations [...]