Archive for the ‘People’ category

Underdog of F1

March 9th, 2010

underdog

underdog


Formula one will soon experience the unbeatable strategies of the greatest underdog of business world. Yes, it is Sir Richard Branson! He through his team Virgin Racing has developed a car with best aerodynamics created in half the cost of other competitors. Traditionally, teams used to test physical cars in wind tunnels, whereas Virgin has used computational fluid dynamics to cut through the expenses. His newly hired team of 200 designers have done it. Richard Branson known for his underdog approach to compete with British Airways, NASA spaceships and many more, will change the F of F1 to finance. His objective is to become the best team with minimum investment. Earlier top teams like Ferrari and McLaren used to make money from money but now he has brought in the innovative element. It seems like formula one will become the next big thing in sports! Whether he can sustain this by continuously innovating is the next question?

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The rise of Advertisement industry

March 6th, 2010

brand ambassador

brand ambassador


The advertisement industry experienced drastic fall in revenues during the economic downturn last year. WPP, the world’s largest advertising company saw a fall in profits by 11% in 2009. Organizations in all major sectors in order to cut short their losses reduced the advertisement budgets handsomely. It is said that the health of the economy can be judged by the amount of advertisements. If its low then something is wrong and vice verse.
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Survive binge drinking – Avoid Hangover

January 1st, 2010

Survive binge drinking – Avoid HangoverThere’s no fool-proof cure for a hangover ,except staying away from drinks. Here are some of the tips to feel fresh and avoid hangovers after a late night drink.

While drinking, alternate every drink with a glass of water – This will keep your body hydrated as drinking caused dehydration. Avoid mixing drinks and coktails as far as possible. Mixing drinks could lead to headaches when you wake up next morning. Those who have  cocktails must make sure the juice used aren’t stale. Keep nibbling on snacks. Don’t drink too quickly. Mull over » Read more: Survive binge drinking – Avoid Hangover

Rathore Case

December 30th, 2009

Rathore CaseThis was a classic example of how justice delayed was justice denied! Leave aside the notorious Jessica Lal Murder case and the Nitish Katara Case, this one has gone ahead to crash the records set by its predecessor –  a nice, good 19 years! I sometimes wonder what it would have been like for those families to burn in the anguish of the much awaited justice. And I am not talking about the murderer or the evil-doer; I am talking about those values which make us feel and breathe; which make us humane. Languishing in the expectation of justice meted » Read more: Rathore Case

Vanity is quick sand of reason

December 29th, 2009

Quick Sand

Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves; vanity, to what we would have others think of us.”  Vanity dies hard; in some obstinate cases it outlives the man Vanity is a kitchen sponge; it swells a man with dirt and slops and can be wrung out by a common housewife Vanity is like a slug crawling across a mirror; it focuses on itself, is spineless, and leaves a trail of dirty slime in its wake. Vanity, like a Speedo on a fat man, flatters the wearer in his own » Read more: Vanity is quick sand of reason

Small is Big!

December 22nd, 2009

Nano revolution

China, a communist country, started its economic turnaround with the concept of small organizations like Town and Village enterprises in the 70s. Many reports say that their infrastructure was the key to their miraculous growth. However, if we compare the infrastructure levels of India with that of China in early 80s, we find that the length of roads, expressways and railway tracks were all higher in India than China. During this period, China had only one resource called human resource or HR.

In the business cycle, all developed economies of the world have started with small innovations, developments and small organizations. Which grew by leaps and bounds with continuous improvement in process and technology. In the 90s, a general perception creeped in to the minds of people that Big is better and thus every country and » Read more: Small is Big!

Dreams of “The Shanghai Gang”

December 14th, 2009

The most talked about country took the most unexpected turn against its best brand called Shanghai. Why?

Mega plans fueled with high growth and investments gave birth to high levels of kickbacks, commissions and arbitrage in the 90s. The average per capita income in China increased more than 11 times in a period of 30 years.

Every small rule by the party was followed by a plethora of unrest among the peasants, thanks to the Kleptocracy of the party members at all levels. In the late 90s the Chinese » Read more: Dreams of “The Shanghai Gang”

This is the country for you!

November 7th, 2009

How many of you want to live in the country of your choice? Which country is the best to live in?

A survey from 2007 to 2009 in 135 countries by Gallups revealed that 16% of the worlds adult population would like to leave their home country for a country of their choice. This 16% converts to 700 million people and that is more than adult population of entire North & South America!

The most desired country was found to be US, Canada, UK, Germany, Saudi Arabia and Australia. Out of these 700 million majority would like to migrate to North america. Among the countries from where people would like to » Read more: This is the country for you!

Jordan on a move

October 5th, 2009

How many of you know Michael Jordan? Quite a lot I guess but how many of you know Jordan, a country?

Jordan is a west Asian country sharing borders with Syria, Iraq, Saudi Arabia and Isreal. Much of the land is covered by the Arabian desert except the North-Western part where the capital of the country Amman is located, thanks to the Jordan river.

Jordan is an emerging nation with per capita GDP of $5,547. Since 1999, the liberal economic policies have helped this country to become one of the freest and most competitive economies in the middle east(2009 Heritage foundation Index).

What made it happen? » Read more: Jordan on a move

ICICI’s second K.V. Kamath

August 17th, 2009

ICICI bank is India’s second largest bank with total assets of US $75 Billion as on 31st March 2009. There is rumor that it’s current Managing Director and CEO Ms. Chanda Kochhar is second K.V. Kamath for them.

Mr. Kamath is known for his excellent leadership qualities which helped ICICI grow from an industrial loan

provider to a comprehensive banking service provider. » Read more: ICICI’s second K.V. Kamath