March 26, 2013 8:03 am
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Whenever I get a chance to write or talk about my mother, I feel energetic. My mother as I have said many times, was an exceptional woman. She might have missed out on many small things to teach us, but we never missed out on the bigger ones. One of them was to respect everyone you interact with, irrespective of their age or relation, or whatever. When I was in school, I used to get phone calls at home coming from friends, mostly girls, but never ever she had asked me who called. She would simply pass on the telephone... View Article
March 26, 2013 7:49 am
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I would be failing, if I did not write about this beautiful place where I spent the last 55 days. We are planning to leave this place tomorrow, but Cleveland, has been my home for the last 2 months. It was my first visit to this place. I came here with a specific mission to really know, how I can address some of my health issues. But landed up doing much much more and leave the place completely rejuvenated, young and happy, raring to go, completely fresh, and have had the most relaxed time in my over 30 years of... View Article
March 26, 2013 7:33 am
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This blog is further to my earlier blog on skills. We ended that blog with the formation of Globsyn Skills. The team got formed and areas of work identified. But the key question was: How do we proliferate this? Do we create our own centers all over the states? How do we manage, so many different skills? When I was going through this thought process and my hunger and desire to make a difference to many sections of the society as also work with others together to build this, gave me the idea, to explore a new kind of thinking.... View Article
March 26, 2013 7:04 am
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When I went to Harvard at this ripe age in 2007, there was something which was bothering me. It was the ability to govern a complex organization which is growing. There were so many gaps in me, which needed to be bridged. My wife also reminded me one day, “Who do you learn from every day? Everyone seems to be looking up at you to learn.” That’s when I decided, I must discover more learning for myself, and went to Harvard Business School. Sat in a classroom for 3 years, going back every year, till my graduation from such a... View Article
March 26, 2013 5:50 am
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In Management jargons it was probably ‘disruptive’ Yes, there is a significant and major disconnect in Bengal polity. In our Management jargons, we perhaps would prefer calling it ‘disruptive’ or ‘discontinuity,’ where one doesn’t move in linear fashion, but has a significant discontinuity and reboot situation. That is what is happening with the advent of Mamata Banerjee in Bengal’s political leadership, through a clean sweep in electoral polls, wiping out the 34-year-rule of the Left Front government. Some would say, they saw it coming. Some would say, it is the negative vote. But this time, as I witnessed the power... View Article
