Author: Ankush

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Successful Organisations innovate constantly

I had previously tried to differentiate between inventors and innovators. (Why Innovators earn more than Inventors?). Now I am trying to focus on the directions in which innovation can be looked upon for succeeding. Because today as such innovation features in mission statements of every major forward-looking organisation’ in the world, but then there are not […]

Your Choices Are What Makes You, You!

We are all byproducts of our past choices. I say byproduct because here I am referring to the very essential of a character of a person. Our past choices lead to a series of events and consequences that has led us into the situation today we find ourselves in. Those are the changes that are […]

Queue lines to become shorter

Disney Queue Management, The Next Generation If Disney employs that wristband technology, then I see it being an effective way to improve its ride’s efficiency throughout the park and it can distribute the crowds. They can leverage the data gathered to customize its experience to deliver the most to its customers while opening up a host […]

Pull someone up so he can push you higher up!

Want that promotion you have been eyeing for past few years? Have you ever thought why is it not yours yet? Aren’t you qualified enough? Or is the career of the person occupying that position has hit a plateau, and he is just a hindrance? OK you are qualified and the person at that higher […]

Trust is money!

Trust is a feeling when you believe the other person will see your back in your absence. It’s the confidence you have built upon some other person based on your previous experiences with the person. Some people develop trust easily and some take lot of time to develop trust in someone else. Whatever it is, but once it […]