Whenever any process is repeated over time, each transaction and each problem is solved similarly using the same set of assumptions and logic. Over time, they become rules which govern the solution dispensing methodology. But once in a while, a case or a transaction comes which defy the previous cases that have been handled by […]
Year: 2012
Window Of Opportunity
Why is Steve Jobs so revered? What did he do that none other could? Did he have any extraordinary skills, any intergalactic, out of the world powers? May be, may be not. He’s dead to pitch in his veto vote anyway. So what I can put forth is a theory.
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What it takes to become an effective market researcher?
Today is the last day of my two month long summer internship programme I underwent at an industrial market research firm based in Pune as part of my two year Post graduation programme in management (in short, for my MBA). I learnt a lot here and have made some observations. I had tried to compile them here […]
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The Calcutta Chromosome – Book Review
Book Title: The Calcutta Chromosome Author: Amitav Ghosh Approx Leisure Read Time: 280 – 320 min Review: Okay, I finished this book about two weeks ago and as I write this I am STILL not sure what do I rate it. This book has to be among the unusual novels I have read. The book […]
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Fish Tales – Book Review
Book Title: Fish Tales Author: Stephen C. Lundin, John Christensen, Harry Paul & Phillip Strand Approx Read Time: 140 – 160 min Review: Imagine a workplace where everyone chooses to bring energy, passion, and a positive attitude to the job every day. Imagine an environment in which people are truly connected to their work, to […]
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The One Minute Manager – Book Review
Book Title: The One Minute Manager Author: Kenneth Blanchard & Spencer Johnson Approx Read Time: 80 – 90 min Review: I got this book day before yesterday from the library at my internship workplace. As it was another book dealing with management and leadership, I delayed reading it until it was bed time. Expecting it […]
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Saying No is a Luxury
Sometimes I feel, saying no is a luxury. In our second trimester at IMT Nagpur, we had the subject of Business Communication where we were introduced to the topic ‘The art of saying No’. We learnt that a path to a healthy work life balance and successful life depended very much on our choice of saying […]
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The Avengers (3D) – Movie Review
Location: Inox Theatre in Pune Date: 1st May, 2012, Tuesday Company: Anmol Agrawal My rating: 22/25 The Review: Let me jump right to the point: The Avengers has it all. Six superheroes for the price of one ticket: Iron Man, Thor, Captain America, Hawkeye, Black Widow and the Hulk. Writer-director Joss Whedon had lot of […]
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Poem Time: ‘If’ by Rudyard Kipling
After today’s mentally taxing work, I had taken a coffee break and when I was returning back to my desk, I chanced upon the following poem by Rudyard Kipling hung on the office notice board. If you can keep your head when all about youAre losing theirs and blaming it on you;If you can trust […]
