National Buzz
"Reward risk taking to foster innovation"Innovation is the new buzzword. Companies like to talk about it and these are certainly not all empty talks. Sample this: the number of patent applications in the country has more than doubled — from less than 13,000 in 2003-04 to about 29,000 in 2006-07, Although India still has a long way to go, yet domestic companies are realising it is innovation that provides the competitive advantage. It means organisation have to provide an enabling environment that can encourage and nurture ideas within. read more. 
Global Scan
"Learning from Tata’s Nano"The innovations of the $2,500 car carry important lessons for Western executives says Businessweek. read more.
Oh! Ha Ha!
A teacher was giving a lesson on the circulation of the blood. Trying to make the matter clearer, she said, "Now, class, if I stood on my head, the blood, as you know, would run into it, and I would turn red in the face." "Yes," the class said. "Then why is it that while I am standing upright in the ordinary position the blood doesn't run into my feet?" A little fellow shouted, "Cause your feet ain't empty."
WOW
An expert is a person who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow field - Niels Bohr, Danish Physicist & Nobel Prize Winner
Interviews
"“In the Knowledge Economy, in the organizations of tomorrow, I see the role of leadership akin to that of a Gardener tending a garden”"
In his latest book 'Go Kiss the world' Subroto Bagchi wrote about taking up a new role as a Gardener at MindTree. Intrigued, I wrote to him asking several questions. In true Bagchi style I got a prompt reply with a detailed interview answering many of questions. The insights from this interview should make any CEO stop think. Are we managing companies based on the ways of the factory economy, while we are well into the knowledge economy? read more.
