Category: Learning

Book Review: Lord Ganesha’s Laptop

Lord Ganesha’s Laptop: Building a radically adaptive IT Organisation in India: An expat’s story is an engrossing story of how the return ticket for an International trip got extended from 6 months to 18 long years. This is the story of an aspiring engineer who spent the prime of his career in a foreign country building an Agile enterprise from scratch. This is the …

Nifty Innovation to being Plain Vanilla

I was engrossed in summarising the minutes of a just-concluded meeting. There was a knock on my door, It was my elder one. She had her #macbook in her hand & of course with a complaint that couldn’t wait. I inattentively nodded trying hard to multi-task. “Pappa, there is something wrong with Zoom chat”, she declared, seizing my attention. I paused and turned towards her, now …

Find the Watering Hole

Be it a new role, a new company or a new domain, Transitions can be hard. Transitions teleport you to unfamiliar territories. It is usually the consequence of the sage advice to get out of comfort zones. But transitions are inevitable for growth. One of the best advice that I have ever received on tackling transitions, something that I take very seriously and follow …

Career Lessons from the movie – Cast Away

Cast Away is an Adventure/Drama from 2000 which has beautifully captured the journey of Chuck Noland a FedEx executive marooned in an uninhabited island. It is a wonderful movie which has a lot of career lessons embedded in it.

It has been a very inspiring movie at various times in my career. I have tried to capture the essence of lessons learnt from it in the post. Do share your thoughts and experience around how one deals with career challenges. After all, we are all in it together.

The Inspiring Story of Boman Irani

I recently came across a wonderful video from JoshTalks. They bring out incredible journeys of some interesting people to spark change in Indians.  The description of this video says Boman believes  that passion drives everyone to excel. I watched the video and loved it, but I totally disagree that it was passion that took Boman from a waiter to  a successful actor. It was such …

Zinda Ho Tum

Life is full of ups and downs. Especially when it is an off day, and you are grappling to come to terms with challenges, difficulties, barriers in front of you. This beautiful piece from the movie Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara, is a wonderful listen.

Dilon Mein Tum Apni Betaabiyan Leke Chal Rahe Ho
Toh Zinda Ho Tum
Nazar Mein Khwaabon Ki Bijliyan Leke Chal Rahe Ho
Toh Zinda Ho Tum
Hawa Ke Jhokon Ke Jaise Azaad Rehno Seekho
Tum Ek Dariya Ke Jaise Lehron Mein Behna Seekho
Har Ek Lamhe Se Tum Milo Khole Apni Baahein
Har Ek Pal Ek Naya Samaa Dekhe Yeh Nigaahein
Jo Apni Aankhon Mein Hayraniya Leke Chal Rahe Ho
Toh Zinda Ho Tum
Dilon Mein Tum Apni Betaabiyan Leke Chal Rahe Ho
Toh Zinda Ho Tum
 

The making of a sustainable business model

If you ever come to Bangalore, there’s very little chance that you will miss out on the “Darshini”s. Ao what’s a “Darshini”, you may ask –  “A Darshini is a simple restaurant offering: fast service, clean and high quality food at low prices, limited free space, and four/three tables with no seats and no waiters. In Darshinis, the operating principle is one of make-to-order, …

Hitting Adversities for a Six – Prof. Hawking Way

I had heard about Prof. Stephen Hawking, knew he was a great “scientist”. I had also seen his appearances in American sitcom The Big Bang Theory. During one of my conversations with Prof Shaleel, we started discussing about Prof.Stephen Hawking. Intrigued by this, I started learning more about him. I caught up with a few videos of his life including his famous Ted Talk, …

Her side of the story – Monica Lewinsky

When the world seems to be up against you, how does one, stand his/her ground? When it seems that everything has come to a standstill how do you rev your engine up? What does it take to stand up for yourself and your dignity. Here’s Monica Lewinsky courageously telling the world, her side of the story.

 

The Goan Adventure

It was a pleasant afternoon, not too hot, not too cloudy. After about 40 minutes drive from Candolim, 8 of us (4 Adults and 4 kids, youngest was a 4 year old) reached the dock where the yacht that we would board was anchored. We were ferried to the yacht in a boat. The hosts – Pascal, Poonam, and their crew welcomed us into …