The Nativity Cusco School from Brooklyn Museum (source: Wikimedia Commons)
Christmas is a most wonderful time of the year.
For some, it is a time of feasting, partying and making merry.
Posts Under: Business and Management
7 Lessons from the Life of Pi
Few movies have impacted me as much as Life of Pi directed by Oscar winning Lee Ang based on the novel of the same name by Yann Martel.
With breathtaking cinematography, hyper realistic CGI and compelling acting, the movie was a visually spectacular work of art.
To Consult or Not To Consult?
Don’t hire a consultant who doesn’t look good in a suit (courtesy of consulta panel)
Are consultants a boon or a bane? Do they really help or hurt your organisation?
This is the question I’ve been asking myself lately. Tasked with improving things in the organisation, my mind reflected upon the pros and cons of hiring management consultants.
Weird, Quirky and… Successful?
OK, maybe Lady Gaga’s meat dress is a little too weird (courtesy of Crushable)
Eccentricity isn’t a liability. Run-of-the-mill is.
Think for a moment about the most successful rock stars in history.
Gamestorming: A Tool for Innovation (Book Review)
Stumped by an insurmountable problem at work? Keen to generate ideas that are “out of the screen”? Wish to find a way to make “gaming” come to life?
With Gamestorming by Dave Gray, Sunni Brown and James Macanufo, you now can.
The Basics of Organisational Behaviour
A screaming staff beckons deeper investigation (courtesy of Bay Integrated Marketing)
Have you wondered why your colleague is so irritating? Pissed off by a boss who seem to disagree with everything you propose?
Or frustrated by a “stubborn” subordinate who only wants to do things his way?
The 3 ‘I’s of Effective Project Management
Courtesy of Geek and Poke
In the age of social, information has become a commodity.
With millions of blogs, websites and forums providing a gazillion bytes of data, almost anything you want to find can be obtained for free. Just fire up Google and start searching with the most relevant keywords. Often, you can find white papers, sample plans, slide presentations, and wikis on any subject matter.
Have You Dived Deep Enough?
Courtesy of Time Travel
We’re besieged by “short-termism” in an age of 24/7 hyper-connectivity. With the empowerment of social technologies, everybody can be a pundit, proffering an interminable stream of quick fixes.
When faced with a problem, you can virtually hear the “guns” firing away…
HBR’s 10 Must Reads On Change (Book Review)
Harvard Business Review or HBR has always been one of the mainstays of my reading list. I love how its editors seive out business and leadership articles which are meaty enough to provide a good intellectual workout without unnecessary academese.
Its latest compilation “HBR’s 10 Must Reads” is a selection of carefully selected journal articles centred on the most pressing issues of management.
Do These Bus Handle Ads Work?
As I was commuting to work one morning, I noticed these advertisements sitting on the handle bars in the bus. Perched strategically where your hand would be, they offered a special promotion for a new F&B outlet for those who bothered to bring them there.
While the idea was pretty novel (kudos to SBS-Transit or Comfort-Delgro), I thought that the adverts could be further improved with some enhancements: