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Some tips to manage “YOU”

Posted by in Life, Random Thoughts

You are responsible for everything that happens in your life. Learn to accept total responsibility for your self. The following tips help "you" manage "you". Look at every new opportunity as an exciting and new-life experience. If you catch yourself worrying about an upcoming task, go ahead and do it now so it no longer is a distraction. Get into habit of finishing what you start. Give up "waiting time" forever. Have something with you at all times to work on. For example: plan from your day, work on a…read more

Apr.09
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Systematic innovation and thinking

Posted by in Management

I just laid my hands on an interesting book called Hands-on Systematic Innovation for Business and Management by Darrell Mann. This book is not yet available from Amazon. I came across the previous book written by Darrell Mann – Handson Systematic Innovation, which is a popular book among those who follow the concept of TRIZ for creative/innovation processes. One of my friends, an gas turbine design engineer with Alston, Anurag introduced me to the concept of TRIZ and I was looking around for some reading on this subject – but…read more

Apr.08
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Microfinance/Microcredit – becoming profitable?

Posted by in India/Kerala

Surya points out that 2005 is the year of Microcredit. It is an interesting concept and I agree with her that this is going to be a big thing and will have a big impact in the future especially of Africa. We in India have had microfinance/microcredit in some form or the other for ages in the form of local money lenders and also the local cooperative banks along with what is known as chitti funds in Kerala (I am sure such schemes exists in other parts of India as…read more

Apr.08
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Podcasting – Kerala style

Posted by in India/Kerala, Technology

Podcasting is the lastest happening. And as can be expected its happening in Kerala – though in its own style. A Malappuram based journalist has started Times News – a daily 30 minute news service distributed via audio cassettes and played around the district in shops, busses and even movie halls. Advertisers are happy too – so possibily this service will sustain if they can maintain quality. I hope he will soon put it online so that Malayalees around the world can catch up on local news. Read more about…read more

Apr.08
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Learning from real life – presentation by CTO of Amazon.com at Bangalore India

Posted by in Management, Technology

I came across this rather long presentation by Werner Vogels, CTO of Amazon.com that he made to Amazon India development centre last month (March 2005). First part of the presentation presents some interesting facts about Amazon’s activities and their products. Good general knowledge. But what I found even mroe interesting is the second part of his presentation, slides 27 onwards. He talks about organisational systems and how we can learn from various real life (read biological) systems. In summary he talks about questioning our assumptions, learning from real life, letting…read more

Apr.08
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South India Paradox: Kerala – the land of Marx and Maharajahs

Posted by in India/Kerala

This is an article that I first posted in June 2002. I think this is still a very interesting read. I am reposting it as this article as it shows what the article The poor may not be getting richer has tried to convey. Kerala is not the richest state in India, in fact it is one of the poorest, but its people enjoy one of the best quality of life anywhere in the world. — By Adam Hochschild (From the San Francisco Examiner dated: July 1999) During the five months that I…read more

Apr.07
2

Honey – one of my favourite songs!

Posted by in Life, Random Thoughts

(One of my favourite songs…if you have the version sung by Bob Russel, please let me know…I am trying to get a copy!) Thanks… See the tree, how big it’s grown, but friend,It hasn’t been too long, it wasn’t bigI laughed at her and she got madThe first day that she planted it, was just a twigThen the first snow carne and she run outTo brush the snow away, so it wouldn’t dieCarne running in was all excited slippedAnd almost hurt herself and I laughed till I cry She was…read more

Apr.07
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Why our education system needs a fix!

Posted by in India/Kerala, Life

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Apr.06
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The Poor May Not Be Getting Richer

Posted by in India/Kerala

But they are living longer, eating better, and learning to read— Ronald Bailey Wealthier is healthier—and more educated, more equal for women, more electrified, automotive, and computer-literate. So the conventional wisdom in development economics has long been that to boost the prospects of the world’s poor, one needs to boost their incomes. This is still true, but as World Bank economist Charles Kenny points out in a provocative article titled "Why Are We Worried About Income? Nearly Everything that Matters is Converging," income growth does not tell the full story.

Apr.04
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