manage well

Who is sabotaging innovation in your company ?

TV — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 09:19:29 PST

Innovation is the survival mantra of today, chanted by everyone, but acted upon only by a few. Companies that routinely invest in innovating for the future are eventually able to putpace their competitors, everything else being equal. However, not everyone is able to kickstart, manage, sustain or nurture an innovation-led culture. Large monolithic organizations often become victims [...]

IT industry at cross-roads: Top three priorities for IT companies in years ahead

TV — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 09:39:46 PST

This was the theme of IIMB-NASSCOM Leadership Summit 2010 where I had opportunity to share my views as a panelist. It was a great evening where we panelists got to share our thoughts, and also learn from each other and from the enthusiastic participants, essentially students of PGSEM and PGP and other courses of IIMB. In this [...]

Aal izz well !!!

TV — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 07:22:41 PST

Many project reports are exactly that much – “Aal izz well” (and for those uninitiated to the latest bollywood blockbuster ‘3 Idiots’, it simply is “All is Well”). They speak of yesterday’s weather, don’t help much in forecasting the future and the only thing they help create is the impression that all is well! An [...]

Our methodology is 100% pure, our result is another thing!

TV — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 07:21:50 PST

What is worse then an anarchy ? You might say that is the absolute abyss, but I think blind allegiance is even more dangerous (and that includes following the letter but tweaking the spirit – things like ‘creative accounting‘ or its parallels in every field). Anarchy at least allows for things to become ‘better’ in [...]

What would you advise young engineers about to enter the workforce?

TV — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 08:31:22 PST

Last Sunday, we had annual alumni dinner of Bangalore chapter of my alma mater, JK Institute of Applied Physics and Technology. During this event, we also hosted final-year engineering students who were in town on an education tour. I was asked to make a presentation to them on a topic of my choice. Here is what [...]