The Business What is business? Trade is the underlying concept of business and exchange of one thing for the other is trade. Earlier trade was based on barter system. Later, with the introduction of the concept of money, more sophistication was added to trade e.g. business. Based on a very Read more…
(A correction, in the title ‘I’ stands for ‘the teachers’ and ‘you’ stands for me or ‘the students’.) I have had privilege of meeting Prof Mankad recently, it is always a pleasant experience meeting him. I realized he always has something very meaningful to share and his opinion are always Read more…
In an interview with FT a renowned entrepreneur and hotelier Ian Schrager said that ‘…prison gave me time to think’. He was imprisoned for evading taxes. While reading this I started asking myself – Are not we so busy with our work that the best place to sit and think Read more…
I was inspired by the book “Old Path White Clouds” and learnt a lot about Buddhism and the Buddha from the same. The concept of the blog also came from that understanding. So, here in this blog I am posting what I felt while I was reading the last chapters Read more…
Recently, I wrote about the ‘balancing act’ based on the story of the Buddha. I started observing the concept of balance to a greater detail when I received the story from Prof Mankad, and here are few pointers in this continued blog. What I have realized in my studies lately Read more…
This is one of the stories shared by Prof Mankad with me. Once on his tour, the Buddha was resting in the shade of a large pipal tree. Under a nearby tree a group of dancing girls was also resting. One of the apprentice musician girls asked the leader of Read more…
I read some status messages on gtalk and other places – ‘lost in translation’. It is good that people get caught only in translation; there are chances when someone can be lost in words. Take an example – when I write business to Buddha, meaning is not limited to ‘business Read more…
I landed in the city of world’s highest tower, Burj Khalifa, with big dreams as tall if not taller than the tower itself. Two of the dreams were, one learning and two becoming even more successful in career. I was naïve about formal education on economics and marketing (the specialization Read more…
I was wondering about evolution – how, what and when? I asked myself a question – when do we call something has evolved? The answer which came to my mind was –well, when the whole category of the group (species) grows from something old to new, that time we call Read more…
We all are on a path of evolution. We evolve, systems evolve, technology evolves… everything evolves. We were discussing in supply chain management, how cost can be reduced, how inventory is managed and how transport can be efficiently managed. The part which attracted me to write that here is ‘collaboration’ Read more…