It’s appraisal time, again:) Every year, we have a theme for our appraisals. Last year it was leadership. This year, it would be centered around the hot topic of the year – technology. I believe the annual appraisal is a good time for everyone to reflect – employees reflect on their performances, managers reflect on …
Time that runs away! Ricardo Gondim I counted my years and found that I will have less time to live from now on than I have lived until now. I feel like that boy who was given a bowl of fruits. The first ones, he sucked carelessly, but realizing that there are few left, he gnaws the kernel. …
Every quarter, I sit through a few presentations of people who want to change the world. A very few of them, if any, end up doing so. Every founder is taught to start with a question – what is the problem and how can I solve it? Some start with the question – What can …
We finally managed to visit Malgudi. Not the town – that’s fictional, yet immortalized by R.K. Narayan, the prolific author who created Malgudi (thought to be an amalgamation of Malleshwaram and Basavangudi) and brother of equally famous R.K. Laxman (the Common Man). Both brothers Padma Vibhushans, both lived to the 90s. As they say – …
I read an article today that resonated vey deeply with me. If you had to read only one thing this week, read this. Mirror to Society SRINATH SRIDHARAN Once people aspired to raise decent families, do honest work, educate their children, and, perhaps, leave behind a little more than they inherited. Few felt compelled to …
Those who have been following me may know that I have read Elon Musk’s biography a couple of times, and what an interesting read it was! Now, am not a sucker for bios, and surely not for self-help books, but some do stand out, especially the ones penned by Walter Isaacson. The work he did …
1. Question every requirement. Each should come with the name of the person who made it. You should never accept that a requirement came from a department, such as from “the legal department” or “the safety department.” You need to know the name of the real person who made that requirement. Then you should question it, …
As humans, we aspire to make, maintain and when the time comes, leave a trace of our identities. Without an individual identity, we are just a group of living species. A nation is, as some say, non existent. One can draw boundaries and keep a group of people within, but that is not the same …
वानरचटकदंपतीकथा The story of the money and the sparrow couple On a big tree in a forest not so far away from here, lived a sparrow couple. They had built a nest on one of it’s branches, and lived peacefully, and happily. One year, the rains were heavier than usual. Trees swayed in the winds, …
We had (one more) team lunch today. Three of our colleagues got confirmed and so – well, as they say in Hindi – Hume toh bass mauka chahiye:) So the whole jingbang trudged down to Kovalam, whose seafood themed menu was extensive, but there were enough offerings for the vegetarians as well. Overall, the food …
