An old school friend advised me that in the Indian context, it is better not to mention I have been fired to anyone as it would have a deleterious impact on my reputation and job prospects. Better, he said, say “resigned”. As all of you now know from last week’s blog “I just got fired”,…
Category: People
I Just Got Fired!
“Calling all the people here to see the show Calling for my demons now to let me go I need something, give me something wonderful” As someone who almost opted to become a professional DJ, it’s fortunate that my favourite song of this year is Love and Hate by Michael Kiwanuka, with the lyrics above….
The Next #1 Economy in the World
With the growth in India, lots of interesting stories emerging on the India potential. The below link is from one of the many analysts who send out such reports, a prediction of India as the most populous and the highest GDP country in the world. Please only read the first page: http://www.moneyandmarkets.com/next-1-economy-world-70974#.VVra02Aqv8s Another story predicting…
Brexit: “The Negativity Effect”
UK voters chose Brexit and from the comments on my Facebook and Twitter feeds, it seemed that the reaction of my friends was one of shock and disbelief that anyone could have voted “leave”. Not a single friend on the Facebook feed supported the leave campaign as far as I could observe. When one of…
Sinking Skill Ladders
This week, I would like to share the concept of “sinking skill ladders” developed by my co-author Phanish Puranam. It is a very smart idea. Since it was published in our joint work, India Inside, the concept fortunately for me, also has my name on it. I will briefly describe it but for those interested…
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