July 1, 2012 An interesting article in the Economist on diversified businesses of Africa. Sounds suspiciously similar to the Indian environment 25 years back. Looks like African businessmen are getting into 5-60 businesses each, six being the average for the top 200 groups. The reasons for doing these are as follows : Talent is scarce … Continue reading African businesses – the next big thing ?
Author: smish2050
Financial Awareness – miles to go…
June 23, 2012 So, there’s a survey that Visa International did recently across 28 countries, gauging the level of financial awareness amongst people in each country. They seem to have interviewed almost 1000 families in each country, a good sample size, and hence the results need to be taken seriously. They asked 5 questions from … Continue reading Financial Awareness – miles to go…
Attitude – the under-rated “Y-Axis”…(and other 2×2 matrices)
June 15, 2012 One of my friends from b-school had told me 18 years back that he used to plot every person he met on a Sincerity-Competence 2x2 matrix. That was one of the top ten lessons I have retained from going to b-school (different from studying in a b-school – a full article on … Continue reading Attitude – the under-rated “Y-Axis”…(and other 2×2 matrices)
Death – the ultimate reality…
June 13, 2012 Death is the ultimate reality. The most irreversible fact of life. People who jocularly compared death and taxes as being the two ultimate realities, did not know what they were talking about. There can be no jokes about death – of a near and dear person. The stopped heart cannot be re-charged … Continue reading Death – the ultimate reality…
The new b-school generation…changing scene
May 21, 2012 So, I was invited as a “corporate figure” to help out in the candidate selection process for the MBA course of one of the leading b-schools of Mumbai. 4000 kids were being interviewed over 4 days, 1000 each day. Group Discussion (GD) followed by Personal Interview (PI), followed by a psychometric test … Continue reading The new b-school generation…changing scene
Rational Exuberance 