Reflections from Module 1I still can’t believe that we are done with our first term. This is my 12th week in Canada and it appears as though I landed a week ago. Time Flies by!!! I took some time to take a step back to see what we have gained in module-1, in order to understand the depth of learning. The best thing... B-School | | Saturday, 27 June 2009 Read more |
Week 10 at IveyThe last week of module 1; We had the final guest speaker for leadership course, J.-Robert Ouimet(Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Holding O.C.B. Inc. ). Final exams seemed to have arrived earlier than the original anticipation. The decision making course, had a four hour final exam on Thursday. We had to rip apart the given case... B-School | | Saturday, 27 June 2009 Read more |
Intrapreneurs Are What Dreams Are Made Of !!!![]() A new career development programme-learning intrapreneurial skills.Bill Gates said, “I want to put a PC on every desk, in every home and in every office.” Ford said, “I want to put a car in every garage, in every home.” It is these dreams that led to great achievements. Dreams are what help people move ahead. Narayan Murthy never let go... Entrepreneurship | | Wednesday, 10 June 2009 Read more |
The Career Key Adds New Careers to the Career Test and Websites![]() The Career Key has added new and more careers to the "match your personality with careers" sections of The Career Key and The Career Key Canada, both on the popular career test and at the websites.The Career Key’s author, Dr. Lawrence K. Jones, just completed a 2009 comprehensive update of our unique occupation classification system of careers that match Holland’s... Career Management | | Thursday, 30 April 2009 Read more |
Please hire meThis is what the opening to my cover letter says:Please accept this letter and my accompanying C.V. in consideration for the X position...I am earning my MBA to expand my general management knowledge and gain more experience in the non-profit sector. Working for an organisation with the mission to transform non-profits is my ideal way to apply the knowledge and... Career Management | | Sunday, 26 April 2009 Read more |
Obama"s Revealing Iran Delay![]() Americans are a free people, who know that freedom is the right of every person and the future of every nation. The liberty we prize is not America"s gift to the world; it is God"s gift to humanity. - President George W. Bush The people of Iran, at least a good portion of them, have decided... Leadership | | Wednesday, 24 June 2009 Read more |
Rampant consumerism needs a cutbackCouple of posts earlier I wrote about how increasing leverage and spending was risky. At least someone agrees with me. The savings rate in the US is on the increase from -6% to 3.4%. Its interesting to note that most economists and government still think that increasing spending is the answer. What matters is how the increase spending is used. As an... Economics | MBAA Admin | Wednesday, 18 February 2009 Read more |
The current economic crisis and Saul Steinberg![]() Just noticed that Christoph Niemann had posted an I Lego NY post on his blog on the New York Times and someone in one of the comments compared it to Saul Steinberg"s art.So had a look at the Saul Steinberg Foundation page and got this off it: "Saul Steinberg (1914-1999) was one of America’s most beloved artists, renowned for the... Economics | | Wednesday, 4 February 2009 Read more |
| I believe the true road to preeminent success in any line is to make yourself master in that line. I have no faith in the policy of scattering one's resources, and in my experience I have rarely if ever met a man who achieved preeminence in money making.. certainly never one in manufacturing.. who was interested in many concerns. - Andrew Carnegie |
Obama and his Management Mantras.Obama is one of the most radical management innovators in the world today. Obama"s team built something truly world-changing: a new kind of political organization for the 21st century. It... Strategic Management | | Monday, 22 June 2009 Read more |
Obama"s Amnesia: Afghanistan and the Cold War 2In my last article, we took a quick tour of the many, many geopolitical problems that confront President Obama. It is not possible for any man, no matter how brilliant,... Politics | | Wednesday, 8 April 2009 Read more |
Obama"s Amnesia: Afghanistan and the Cold War 1The Spanish-born US philosopher George Santayana (1863-1952) is recorded as the originator of many famous quotes. There are two that are particularly relevant today. First: Progress, far from consisting... Politics | | Monday, 6 April 2009 Read more |
Chasing the tail?This post is in response to post on the UVA blog referring to the NY times article Is it time to retrain B-schools?The article starts out by pointing at some leaders... Politics | | Tuesday, 17 March 2009 Read more |
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