In building products we often come across constraints. Whether it is technical constraint, a business constraint, a statutory constraint or financial constraint, it impedes our activity. It is often these constraints that leads to innovation. When the vision is sacrosanct, and achieving the goal is the only option, innovation appears, disguised as constraints. When the vision is sacrosanct, and achieving the goal is the …
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, …
I chanced upon the marketplace button on Facebook app today. It was unveiled in India only this week. Like every product manager, instead of “experiencing” the benefits of the new feature, I was more curious about the proposition, the design, wondered how integrating marketplace to a social network would turn out etc. I started looking for the product announcement blog and found one on …
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, …
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.
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 …
A few days back, I was greeted with a pleasant fragrance at the door as I came home from my morning walk. I grabbed the newspaper lying in front of the door and went inside. I sat down to read newspaper with a cup of freshly brewed filter coffee. Nothing can beat the aroma of coffee. But strangely, I could sense the fragrance that …
Back in 2007, one Friday afternoon, my manager called me in to his office, just as I was about to call it a week. He had just returned from a certification course that he was participating for a week. He wanted my team to embrace Scrum and run the pilot in our team. Initially, I did put up a strong resistance to this. But …
How do I shape my career is probably the most common question, something that every youngster would have. In this video, Jack Ma, provides a great perspective to students on where the focus should be at different age group.
Jack Ma Yun (Chinese: 马云; pinyin: Ma Yun, [mà y̌n];[2] born 15 October 1964)[3] is a Chinese business magnate, investor, and philanthropist. He is the co-founder and executive chairman of the Alibaba Group, a multinational technology conglomerate. As of August 2018, he is one of China’s richest men with a net worth of US$38.6 billion, as well as one of the wealthiest people in the world.[1] Ma’s primary ideology was for an open and market driven economy
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In January this year, probably for the first time in my life I watched 3 movies in a theater in 4 days – Friday, Saturday and Monday! In all 3 movies as the end credits scrolled, one common thing that occurred to me was that so many people contribute to the success of a movie. While the number of contributors is definitely something to wonder …
