The Facebook Generation

The only thing second  to strong Colombian coffee to wake you up in a hurry is getting a message first thing in the morning  that “You have been poked“. Now that you have been poked you need to respond by either poking back or  telling anyone who cares or doesn’t,  “What’s on your mind“.  This can greatly [...]

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Desire creates Champions

As I watched the LA Lakers clean out the clocks of Orlando Magic, and see Kobe Bryant rise to the occasion, and Fisher put in a 3 pointer with 4 seconds to go,  I couldn’t but help ask myself  “Are Champions born or are they created”? Is it Nature or Nurture that is the biggest [...]

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Hard work gets you sympathy, results get you rewards

Ever heard the phrase…”Hard work gets you sympathy, results get you rewards“!
Results Rule… always have ruled but rule stronger in this dismal economy. So if you are hanging on to your job, or looking at propelling your career further, or just looking for a job…remember the formula…”Results = Rewards”.
Several people wonder how they can effect [...]

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The day my Bombay trembled…

Having lived in Bombay for 18 years gives me two privileges. First to call it “Bombay” and not Mumbai and second  to call it mine. I’ve hung out of the local trains to Churchgate during rush hour, jumped into moving BEST buses at Saki-Naka, eaten “wada-paav” at street side stalls in Dadar, tasted the breath [...]

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CERN Particle Accelerator – The God Machine

Beneath the rural tranquility of suburban Geneva, where the shores of Lac Lemon melt into wide open grazing pastures, scientists are looking for God. Looking for ways this Universe came into existence and the possible 10 dimensions that surround us. Here underneath 100 meters of solid rock and sandstone lies one of the biggest, scariest, [...]

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India.com

What is India.com? A 3,000 year old start up. Actually a paradox. A wild, gutsy, audacious, conflicting, appeasing paradox. A place where the ostentatiousness of the rich is balanced by rancor of poverty. A place where the enlightened ones peacefully coexist with the materialists. A place that boasts of the highest standards of global education [...]

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The Sage Brand

I was recently asked by someone what the Sage brand stands for and what does it convey. Here is an internal memo that I sent which might have broader applicability to a wider audience.
 
The Sage brand stands for something credible, consistent, and customer centric, and its essence is about extraordinary customer experiences for living breathing businesses. [...]

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Left Brain or Right Brain?

Ever wonder what it really means when people say “I’m a right brain person but she is a left brain person”? Well I did. So I researched and here is what I found. Both the neurophysical and metaphysical versions of this discovery are worth sharing.
The brain is divided into two distinct halves connected by a [...]

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Top 10 things to do before moving on …

I think it’s important that each person has his or her own top 10 aspirational things to do/ places to see / stuff to experience before moving on to another world (ya – whole different blog topic). Here is my Top 10:

  Parachute out of a plane

        ·       Visit a Tibetan Monastery
·         Spend a [...]

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Welcome to the Experience Economy

Coffee costs less than 5 cents per cup in the commodities market. Yet we pay $5 for a grande latte at a “Starbucks near you” for a slightly burnt, wholly mass produced, cup of java topped with an overdose of 2% milk. The lines today at a Starbucks at any airport rival the TSA security [...]

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