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Nothing much to write today... Uneventful day... Did some football practice for the tournament starting tomorrow... Found out how low my fitness level has gone... Otherwise, pretty much the usual grind...
read an article about in the economist about how even before digital cameras replace the conventional ones, mobile phone cameras are eating into the market steadily... call this technological leapfrogging, disruptive technology, whatever.... pretty exciting stuff... have to check out those camera phones some day...
Wednesday, July 30, 2003
Group Dynamics
It finally came up to a boil today. My study group met to argue it out... Though the group has been a nice unit, friends, fun etc., the diversity in everything from sleeping habits to working style had brought in some friction over time... Co ordination and working together was becoming tougher... good that we talked it out today... 2 hours, fingers pointed, problems dicussed, mistakes admitted and solutions to problems agreed upon... we started from scratch and thought did a great job on the operations group assignment today... I learnt a lot about how people interpret the same thing so differently... many times, the difference in the way we interpret things is due to some unconscious assumptions we make, some things we take for granted... it is so important to not do so, reach out to clarify the facts and then come to a judgement... hmmm...
It finally came up to a boil today. My study group met to argue it out... Though the group has been a nice unit, friends, fun etc., the diversity in everything from sleeping habits to working style had brought in some friction over time... Co ordination and working together was becoming tougher... good that we talked it out today... 2 hours, fingers pointed, problems dicussed, mistakes admitted and solutions to problems agreed upon... we started from scratch and thought did a great job on the operations group assignment today... I learnt a lot about how people interpret the same thing so differently... many times, the difference in the way we interpret things is due to some unconscious assumptions we make, some things we take for granted... it is so important to not do so, reach out to clarify the facts and then come to a judgement... hmmm...
Tuesday, July 29, 2003
Term 3 chugs along...
2 days into the term and I am already out of the relaxed mood and onto studies. Yesterday was my roomie, Vikas's bday. He had been asking me for a long time for some good restaurant to eat authentic andhra cuisine. I have been dodging him for a long time... So when it came finally he to taking us out for a dinner bday treat, we decided to go to "Southern Spice" a restaurant in Banjara Hills... So we caught an auto, and it was one of the most amazing auto rides of my life. First it was the four of us apartment mates, me, Atul, Saurabh and so we thought we would manage one auto somehow. Then Vikas invited our good friend Shipli to add some balance ;) to the group. There was vikas in the front seat with the driver, and the four of us in the back, squeezed in. As we drove out of the campus, the auto wala added another one of his "assistants" who wanted to tag along to cling on... For those who know what an auto rickshaw means in India, yes, I am talking about the same... This was turning out to me more like the fevicol ad... :) Add to that, there was this amazing music system in the auto that our dear auto driver decided to switch on... and the song turned out to be Vikas' favourite! made his bday even more! 7 bodies squeezed in with music blaring...
We hogged like we had never seen food before. It was partly to do with the good food as well as the fact that we had become seriously bored by the routine (but decent) food that Sarovar had been belting out with amazing consistency in our cafetria... I was the glutton of the day... Somewhere along the line, my conscience popped its head and screamed about my weight loss intentions... It was shut up with ruthless force as another round of rice and "gunpowder" made me feel like heaven was on earth... For those who do not know what "gunpowder" is, visit hydrabad and eat "andhra khana"... You will not forget it ever again...
After a repeat of the fevicol act, we were back in the apartment and it was cake cutting time... Vikas had been smeared with cake by me during the dunking the previous night and so this time, we decided to let him eat his pastry... Though Shipli's penchant for pastry meant we did not get more than a small cut of the cake, it was an evening that we and more so, Vikas will remember for some time to come :)
2 days into the term and I am already out of the relaxed mood and onto studies. Yesterday was my roomie, Vikas's bday. He had been asking me for a long time for some good restaurant to eat authentic andhra cuisine. I have been dodging him for a long time... So when it came finally he to taking us out for a dinner bday treat, we decided to go to "Southern Spice" a restaurant in Banjara Hills... So we caught an auto, and it was one of the most amazing auto rides of my life. First it was the four of us apartment mates, me, Atul, Saurabh and so we thought we would manage one auto somehow. Then Vikas invited our good friend Shipli to add some balance ;) to the group. There was vikas in the front seat with the driver, and the four of us in the back, squeezed in. As we drove out of the campus, the auto wala added another one of his "assistants" who wanted to tag along to cling on... For those who know what an auto rickshaw means in India, yes, I am talking about the same... This was turning out to me more like the fevicol ad... :) Add to that, there was this amazing music system in the auto that our dear auto driver decided to switch on... and the song turned out to be Vikas' favourite! made his bday even more! 7 bodies squeezed in with music blaring...
We hogged like we had never seen food before. It was partly to do with the good food as well as the fact that we had become seriously bored by the routine (but decent) food that Sarovar had been belting out with amazing consistency in our cafetria... I was the glutton of the day... Somewhere along the line, my conscience popped its head and screamed about my weight loss intentions... It was shut up with ruthless force as another round of rice and "gunpowder" made me feel like heaven was on earth... For those who do not know what "gunpowder" is, visit hydrabad and eat "andhra khana"... You will not forget it ever again...
After a repeat of the fevicol act, we were back in the apartment and it was cake cutting time... Vikas had been smeared with cake by me during the dunking the previous night and so this time, we decided to let him eat his pastry... Though Shipli's penchant for pastry meant we did not get more than a small cut of the cake, it was an evening that we and more so, Vikas will remember for some time to come :)
Saturday, July 26, 2003
The sunday before the next term
Its early sunday morning and I am about to crash. The last day before the next term . I plan to go out to the city to meet my friends. The past 2 days have been obviosuly relaxing. Table tennis, chat with friends, T3...
Hyderabad weather has been dream come true for the past one month, thanks to the monsoon sweeping the country. I dont remember seeing the sun for sometime. The campus has a small dam made my ISB, which captures rainwater flowing down across the campus. When there is enough rain, water stopped by the dam forms a nice little lake. Its been raining everyday for he past month and the ISB lake presents a beautiful sight now. Went over to the dam today. The cool breeze, the wilderness and the ducks swimming around in the lake presented a beautiful sight. Photographers heaven!
Its early sunday morning and I am about to crash. The last day before the next term . I plan to go out to the city to meet my friends. The past 2 days have been obviosuly relaxing. Table tennis, chat with friends, T3...
Hyderabad weather has been dream come true for the past one month, thanks to the monsoon sweeping the country. I dont remember seeing the sun for sometime. The campus has a small dam made my ISB, which captures rainwater flowing down across the campus. When there is enough rain, water stopped by the dam forms a nice little lake. Its been raining everyday for he past month and the ISB lake presents a beautiful sight now. Went over to the dam today. The cool breeze, the wilderness and the ducks swimming around in the lake presented a beautiful sight. Photographers heaven!
Friday, July 25, 2003
Thursday, July 24, 2003
Another term passes by
Today was the last day of term 2. Exams over. Another term goes by and it still feels like only yesterday when we landed up here. The whole community is out partying for the term break. I ventured out to the city after a long time to a new restaurant called Fusion 9 in hyderabad. Pretty decent place, nice ambience and not so much variety but decent food. Having worked for an year in hyderabad before joining ISB, I am in love with this city. As much as I miss the beach in my home town, chennai, I must say that hyd has some magic about it that I like.
I had an ex-army guy and a few others, including my room mates for company. Relaxed dinner, followed by ice cream at Baskin Robbins and a nice walk and drive back home (ISB has become it :)). What a well deserved break after the term that my seniors described as "death"!!! Looks like I managed to survive it ;)
Finally today I had some time for myself (whew!). Reflections after 2 terms. There were moments when I reminded myself of the peaceful life before ISB, the fat pay, the enjoyable work atmosphere, the friends... Moments of stress and despair during this term caused by what accounting does to any non-accountant. Moments when I irrationally wondered why am I here? Why did I give up all that and my life savings (read life = 4 years) up to be here, punishing myself to learn stuff that is driving my engineering brain to nuts! Maybe thats the challenge? To challenge my brain's monodirectional(??!!) thinking? I dont know... There were also moments of ecstacy when we did extremely well in markstrat as a team. There was a time when we were down in the dumps with making a pittance for profits. We bounced back from that low. I truly experienced the taste of having triumphed as a team. It was one of those moments when I could not resist sending out a mail to my team to say how much I enjoyed working with them. My heart spoke.
My take-aways have been more outside the classroom and courses. Observing people and the way they react to situations and handle people helps anyone learn a lot. Oh there is so much to learn. And success is so much about how well we handle people. What you say, how you build up a conversation (i am still learning this art) and how well you hit common ground with someone will influence your success so much! I am reminded of Mark McCormack's book "What they don't teach you at Harvard" particularly his comments on common ground and the power of silence.
The next 3 days are off. I plan to reconnect with friends and do many more things... New resolutions replace the ones that I undertook at the end of term 1. New determination, new targets and another effort to marginally better my own self...
Today was the last day of term 2. Exams over. Another term goes by and it still feels like only yesterday when we landed up here. The whole community is out partying for the term break. I ventured out to the city after a long time to a new restaurant called Fusion 9 in hyderabad. Pretty decent place, nice ambience and not so much variety but decent food. Having worked for an year in hyderabad before joining ISB, I am in love with this city. As much as I miss the beach in my home town, chennai, I must say that hyd has some magic about it that I like.
I had an ex-army guy and a few others, including my room mates for company. Relaxed dinner, followed by ice cream at Baskin Robbins and a nice walk and drive back home (ISB has become it :)). What a well deserved break after the term that my seniors described as "death"!!! Looks like I managed to survive it ;)
Finally today I had some time for myself (whew!). Reflections after 2 terms. There were moments when I reminded myself of the peaceful life before ISB, the fat pay, the enjoyable work atmosphere, the friends... Moments of stress and despair during this term caused by what accounting does to any non-accountant. Moments when I irrationally wondered why am I here? Why did I give up all that and my life savings (read life = 4 years) up to be here, punishing myself to learn stuff that is driving my engineering brain to nuts! Maybe thats the challenge? To challenge my brain's monodirectional(??!!) thinking? I dont know... There were also moments of ecstacy when we did extremely well in markstrat as a team. There was a time when we were down in the dumps with making a pittance for profits. We bounced back from that low. I truly experienced the taste of having triumphed as a team. It was one of those moments when I could not resist sending out a mail to my team to say how much I enjoyed working with them. My heart spoke.
My take-aways have been more outside the classroom and courses. Observing people and the way they react to situations and handle people helps anyone learn a lot. Oh there is so much to learn. And success is so much about how well we handle people. What you say, how you build up a conversation (i am still learning this art) and how well you hit common ground with someone will influence your success so much! I am reminded of Mark McCormack's book "What they don't teach you at Harvard" particularly his comments on common ground and the power of silence.
The next 3 days are off. I plan to reconnect with friends and do many more things... New resolutions replace the ones that I undertook at the end of term 1. New determination, new targets and another effort to marginally better my own self...
Sunday, July 20, 2003
Pictures!!!
Cross linked some pictures from the ISB website. Nice break from the pre-exam preps. More pictures? check here
Cross linked some pictures from the ISB website. Nice break from the pre-exam preps. More pictures? check here
Saturday, July 19, 2003
B-school survival for the diverse!
Over dinner today, there was this interesting conversation between me, an engineer, Dan, the american student whose undergrad studies were in religion, and anubhav, a TA, who has done his masters from CMU.
Courses that we have done till now have been even stevens in terms of difficulty between engineers and accountants. All quant oriented courses have been "laddoos" for engineers and the accountancy courses sleepwalk for the finance guys. And when in b-school, the place tends to be dominated by engineers and finance guys. So who the hell thinks about those students who make up the diversity of the student community? people who have never ever done math or money in previous life?
Talk to one of these guys and you will know! It was a revelation for me... I, being an engineer, have been cursing every bit of ambiguity and "follow-the-rule and dont ask questions" type concepts in accounts... and every non-engineer has been reduced to cartoon characters by calculus, statistics and regression... Now, what if "all" of this was completely new to you. What if, you had no idea or a starting point to all this? And then you are thrown into this whirlpool, where you have to compete with a bunch of guys who have done some of this before? Scary thought!!!
So, if you studied stuff like religion and pschycology and are aspiring b-school, my intention is not to scare you but just ensure that you are prepared for what is going to hit you...
Over dinner today, there was this interesting conversation between me, an engineer, Dan, the american student whose undergrad studies were in religion, and anubhav, a TA, who has done his masters from CMU.
Courses that we have done till now have been even stevens in terms of difficulty between engineers and accountants. All quant oriented courses have been "laddoos" for engineers and the accountancy courses sleepwalk for the finance guys. And when in b-school, the place tends to be dominated by engineers and finance guys. So who the hell thinks about those students who make up the diversity of the student community? people who have never ever done math or money in previous life?
Talk to one of these guys and you will know! It was a revelation for me... I, being an engineer, have been cursing every bit of ambiguity and "follow-the-rule and dont ask questions" type concepts in accounts... and every non-engineer has been reduced to cartoon characters by calculus, statistics and regression... Now, what if "all" of this was completely new to you. What if, you had no idea or a starting point to all this? And then you are thrown into this whirlpool, where you have to compete with a bunch of guys who have done some of this before? Scary thought!!!
So, if you studied stuff like religion and pschycology and are aspiring b-school, my intention is not to scare you but just ensure that you are prepared for what is going to hit you...
Friday, July 18, 2003
exam time at b-school...
its exam time next week. When i got my grades for the last term (my gpa was decent), i had resolved to keep up with classes this term to improve my grades. And all those resolutions are coming to haunt me. for if had done all that, i wudnt have skipped this blog for the past 2 days. now here i am slogging it out in the ISB's library, LRC.
in fact, 2 days of late rising, resulting in me missing classes with my section, have toughned my resolve to mend my ways and become more organised next term. though there has been a drastic change in the number of hours of sleep i am putting in nowadays (its come down from 8 hrs to 5 hours a day), i am still bad at organising my time. today was the first campus visit for the applicants and i missed it. was simply too pooped out to remember.
so many things that are making me direct my ire towards myself and my dis-organized style of functioning. it all has to change soon if i have to survive in this place!!!
its exam time next week. When i got my grades for the last term (my gpa was decent), i had resolved to keep up with classes this term to improve my grades. And all those resolutions are coming to haunt me. for if had done all that, i wudnt have skipped this blog for the past 2 days. now here i am slogging it out in the ISB's library, LRC.
in fact, 2 days of late rising, resulting in me missing classes with my section, have toughned my resolve to mend my ways and become more organised next term. though there has been a drastic change in the number of hours of sleep i am putting in nowadays (its come down from 8 hrs to 5 hours a day), i am still bad at organising my time. today was the first campus visit for the applicants and i missed it. was simply too pooped out to remember.
so many things that are making me direct my ire towards myself and my dis-organized style of functioning. it all has to change soon if i have to survive in this place!!!
Monday, July 14, 2003
Reunion with apartment mates!
4 of us live together in our apartment here in ISB. Given the spank facilities we have here and the comfort of the apartments, if you thought the 4 in an apartment must be interacting all the time, no, it doesnt happen.
So, one of us had this idea that we should go out to the city over the weekend and spend an evening together over dinner. All of us had this feeling that we werent spending time together inspite of being in the same apartment.
However, the weekend came and went and nothing happened. We were certainly drifting away.
So, I made sure to inform all the other 3 that we order pizza for dinner today and have it together. Reunion of sorts! There was so much happening with each of these guys that I did not have a clue about! Part of b-school life is about networking and not losing the people element. Establishing relationships even under stressful conditions is something all of us will have to do in business life. If you can't do it now, how else, when else!!!???
Having pizza, watching TV and chatting about life was fun...
4 of us live together in our apartment here in ISB. Given the spank facilities we have here and the comfort of the apartments, if you thought the 4 in an apartment must be interacting all the time, no, it doesnt happen.
So, one of us had this idea that we should go out to the city over the weekend and spend an evening together over dinner. All of us had this feeling that we werent spending time together inspite of being in the same apartment.
However, the weekend came and went and nothing happened. We were certainly drifting away.
So, I made sure to inform all the other 3 that we order pizza for dinner today and have it together. Reunion of sorts! There was so much happening with each of these guys that I did not have a clue about! Part of b-school life is about networking and not losing the people element. Establishing relationships even under stressful conditions is something all of us will have to do in business life. If you can't do it now, how else, when else!!!???
Having pizza, watching TV and chatting about life was fun...
Sunday, July 13, 2003
Sunday, Rajat Gupta and Deepak Jain
Finally today, the Mckinsey Rajat Gupta was in campus. So much has been said and heard, today was the day when he decided to come to meet us all for the first time. For a change, the auditorium was buzzing a few minutes before time, not bad my Indian standards... Along with Rajat was Deepak Jain, Dean of kellogg.
Rajat spoke with elan, like the seasoned businessman and consultant that he is. Can you ever answer a question without actually answering it and still make the guy who asked you the question feel as if he has got his answer? If so, you are ready for consultancy... Rajat had some exceptional answers and some exceptional replies for some not so easy questions. But what was impressive was his frank and fair assessment of the global job market, McK's hiring policies and honest views. As he has made many people feel during his career, he was convincing.
Deepak Jain was inspiring. His sheer presence made even my hair stand up. I had read so much about this man and his single handed efforts at getting Kellogg grads placed last year and now he was in front of us, so down to earth and normal. Listening to him speak about his experiences at Kellogg and how they went through the tough US job market... I dont think anyone in the audience blinked... He concluded, "You at ISB have some very good friends at kellogg". That coming from the dean of Kellogg, was a gratifying moment and a confirmation that ISB will become what it aspires to be very soon.
Dipak was to be the dean at ISB. He was lured away by kellogg as they did not want to lose him. At that time, many thought it was a loss for ISB. But today, I got the feeling that what happened was good! He is probably doing ISB great good by the commitment for this school he has drawn from Kellogg.
All in all, a gratifying sunday... as i crash, its back to classes, cases and some reality check...
Finally today, the Mckinsey Rajat Gupta was in campus. So much has been said and heard, today was the day when he decided to come to meet us all for the first time. For a change, the auditorium was buzzing a few minutes before time, not bad my Indian standards... Along with Rajat was Deepak Jain, Dean of kellogg.
Rajat spoke with elan, like the seasoned businessman and consultant that he is. Can you ever answer a question without actually answering it and still make the guy who asked you the question feel as if he has got his answer? If so, you are ready for consultancy... Rajat had some exceptional answers and some exceptional replies for some not so easy questions. But what was impressive was his frank and fair assessment of the global job market, McK's hiring policies and honest views. As he has made many people feel during his career, he was convincing.
Deepak Jain was inspiring. His sheer presence made even my hair stand up. I had read so much about this man and his single handed efforts at getting Kellogg grads placed last year and now he was in front of us, so down to earth and normal. Listening to him speak about his experiences at Kellogg and how they went through the tough US job market... I dont think anyone in the audience blinked... He concluded, "You at ISB have some very good friends at kellogg". That coming from the dean of Kellogg, was a gratifying moment and a confirmation that ISB will become what it aspires to be very soon.
Dipak was to be the dean at ISB. He was lured away by kellogg as they did not want to lose him. At that time, many thought it was a loss for ISB. But today, I got the feeling that what happened was good! He is probably doing ISB great good by the commitment for this school he has drawn from Kellogg.
All in all, a gratifying sunday... as i crash, its back to classes, cases and some reality check...
Saturday, July 12, 2003
Weekend arrives!
Friday arrived and it was so much of a relief... everyone walking around the campus was like dragging himself around, waiting for some magic potion a la asterix to re-energize themselves... just as the night approached, the comforting thought that the next day was a saturday... so off to the city for some magic potion! ;)
hyderabad city has night life many do not know about... you will be surprised if you thought there is not anything happening here after 10 in the night... over the past 2 years, the number of pubs and discos that have come up in this city have been mind boggling... so, when dinner time came around, half the junta had disappeared...
Last night, "Liquids", among the new pubs in the city, was converted into ISB land... rock, booze and fun was flowing and all the stress of the whole week was being drowned mercilessly as people let it all out... one week of intense learning experience needs such a complement and hyderabad was providing it... by the time junta was back and ready to crash, the saturday sun was already peeking over the edge of the beautiful landscape that surrounds the wonderful campus...
Friday arrived and it was so much of a relief... everyone walking around the campus was like dragging himself around, waiting for some magic potion a la asterix to re-energize themselves... just as the night approached, the comforting thought that the next day was a saturday... so off to the city for some magic potion! ;)
hyderabad city has night life many do not know about... you will be surprised if you thought there is not anything happening here after 10 in the night... over the past 2 years, the number of pubs and discos that have come up in this city have been mind boggling... so, when dinner time came around, half the junta had disappeared...
Last night, "Liquids", among the new pubs in the city, was converted into ISB land... rock, booze and fun was flowing and all the stress of the whole week was being drowned mercilessly as people let it all out... one week of intense learning experience needs such a complement and hyderabad was providing it... by the time junta was back and ready to crash, the saturday sun was already peeking over the edge of the beautiful landscape that surrounds the wonderful campus...
Thursday, July 10, 2003
Tough day!
Today was one of the toughest days in this term. We had so much to do! Another Markstrat decision, 2 articles, 2 cases and a 13 page long problem on decision models and optimization! Oh, I am tired… spent the whole day at the library... as I write this, my team mates are furiously discussing a price cut and whether or not to withdraw a brand. I am so sapped out that I am ready to withdraw myself into the wonderful world of dreams… ciaozzzzzzzzzzzzzz……..
Today was one of the toughest days in this term. We had so much to do! Another Markstrat decision, 2 articles, 2 cases and a 13 page long problem on decision models and optimization! Oh, I am tired… spent the whole day at the library... as I write this, my team mates are furiously discussing a price cut and whether or not to withdraw a brand. I am so sapped out that I am ready to withdraw myself into the wonderful world of dreams… ciaozzzzzzzzzzzzzz……..
Wednesday, July 09, 2003
Wet day, dull day in hyderabad...
As I write this, i am dripping wet... no not because of the rain that has been pouring in hyderabad for the past 2 days... we just gave one of my group mates the traditional midnight birthday dunk in the recreation center pool... it was pouring, dark and the water was cold... but tradition is tradition... we threw him in at the stroke of 12 and in the process i got dunked too!
Somehow today morning, the decibel output of my mobile's alarm did not penetrate through my ears to the inner cortex and thanks to that, when my eyes opened, I realised that I had been right on time... I woke up here and the classes started there... that meant a missed class to compensate for, two hours to kill and time for lots of things to do! peaceful breakfast beckoned...
There was tension in the air today in campus... It was the day when the second decision fo Markstrat was due... And along with it, a mock chairman's report... Markstrat is a software that is a marketing simulation game where teams of students compete against each other... The whole campus was speaking the silo, sunk, sold, sxyz, s*** language... sounds weird eh? they are mock brand names we were promoting in the game... for the uninitiated visiting the campus, you would have thought ISB students speak swahili...
all teams, upon finishing classes, were back into their huddles, discussing ad budgets, sales and distribution and what not... my team, knowing my distinct (read extinct) capabilities in marketing, made me the chairman of our firm... that meant writing the chairman's report... I was beaming... for this report went to all the teams and mock shareholders... so you could not lie and at the same time, not give away your strategy for the rest of the game to your competitors... boy, did someone say being CEO is about delegation?
Talking about CEOs, today was Hero Honda day at ISB... Pavan Munjal was here to talk about his company and many were geared up to listen to him, Markstrat pressures not withstanding... As he spoke at length about his company I wondered, what would it take to be in that position, some day... maybe some day, I will be there and then will know...
ciao... i have to case to read before i crash!!!
As I write this, i am dripping wet... no not because of the rain that has been pouring in hyderabad for the past 2 days... we just gave one of my group mates the traditional midnight birthday dunk in the recreation center pool... it was pouring, dark and the water was cold... but tradition is tradition... we threw him in at the stroke of 12 and in the process i got dunked too!
Somehow today morning, the decibel output of my mobile's alarm did not penetrate through my ears to the inner cortex and thanks to that, when my eyes opened, I realised that I had been right on time... I woke up here and the classes started there... that meant a missed class to compensate for, two hours to kill and time for lots of things to do! peaceful breakfast beckoned...
There was tension in the air today in campus... It was the day when the second decision fo Markstrat was due... And along with it, a mock chairman's report... Markstrat is a software that is a marketing simulation game where teams of students compete against each other... The whole campus was speaking the silo, sunk, sold, sxyz, s*** language... sounds weird eh? they are mock brand names we were promoting in the game... for the uninitiated visiting the campus, you would have thought ISB students speak swahili...
all teams, upon finishing classes, were back into their huddles, discussing ad budgets, sales and distribution and what not... my team, knowing my distinct (read extinct) capabilities in marketing, made me the chairman of our firm... that meant writing the chairman's report... I was beaming... for this report went to all the teams and mock shareholders... so you could not lie and at the same time, not give away your strategy for the rest of the game to your competitors... boy, did someone say being CEO is about delegation?
Talking about CEOs, today was Hero Honda day at ISB... Pavan Munjal was here to talk about his company and many were geared up to listen to him, Markstrat pressures not withstanding... As he spoke at length about his company I wondered, what would it take to be in that position, some day... maybe some day, I will be there and then will know...
ciao... i have to case to read before i crash!!!
Tuesday, July 08, 2003
I read this phrase "ad astra per aspera" sometime back... dont remember where. it means ,"through endeavors, the stars"... my search for a fancy e-mail signature was finally over. decided to make it my motto while being at ISB (atleast until i find a much fancier one, that is ;)).
ISB is Indian School of Business in Hyderabad, India. An idea born out of a host of business leaders in India and abroad, it has captured the imagination of many like me, who, after having worked for a few years, find themselves at crossroads and a deep interest in management... www.isb.edu
Kanishk, from the class of 03, (i am in the class of 04), has been an inspiration with his seemingly endless energy when it comes to typing characters on a keyboard... had me thinking about writing about life here, given that it is something i have come to cherish... life has been tough, hectic, demanding, stressful and tiring ever since i landed here... but all that has been balanced by the learning i have gone thru... no, not what happens in the classrooms, though i think i am picking up stuff there, its whats happened outside and the resulting self-introspection... its amazing how much there is in this world to learn about oneself, while the whole emphasis of our education system is to learn from textbooks, classrooms and professors... beginning to get philosophical am I? is it because its 3 am in the morning and I have a case and 2 articles to study for discussing competitive strategy? dont know... but it was spontaneous! (ramki, good! stick to it... you are getting there... :))
isb is filled with people of myriad colors... think of an adjective, and i can point a person here that fits it... imagine being put up with 220 of these characters for the whole of 11 months of your life to learn management... thats what i aim to write about here... never published anything before in life but i hope to be regular with this one... look forward to more!
ISB is Indian School of Business in Hyderabad, India. An idea born out of a host of business leaders in India and abroad, it has captured the imagination of many like me, who, after having worked for a few years, find themselves at crossroads and a deep interest in management... www.isb.edu
Kanishk, from the class of 03, (i am in the class of 04), has been an inspiration with his seemingly endless energy when it comes to typing characters on a keyboard... had me thinking about writing about life here, given that it is something i have come to cherish... life has been tough, hectic, demanding, stressful and tiring ever since i landed here... but all that has been balanced by the learning i have gone thru... no, not what happens in the classrooms, though i think i am picking up stuff there, its whats happened outside and the resulting self-introspection... its amazing how much there is in this world to learn about oneself, while the whole emphasis of our education system is to learn from textbooks, classrooms and professors... beginning to get philosophical am I? is it because its 3 am in the morning and I have a case and 2 articles to study for discussing competitive strategy? dont know... but it was spontaneous! (ramki, good! stick to it... you are getting there... :))
isb is filled with people of myriad colors... think of an adjective, and i can point a person here that fits it... imagine being put up with 220 of these characters for the whole of 11 months of your life to learn management... thats what i aim to write about here... never published anything before in life but i hope to be regular with this one... look forward to more!
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