Fintech is making us rethink the very basis of our civilization. When you can pay for something with a Bitcoin, the currency that exists only in your imagination and online, you wonder if the world as we know it is real or not!
Rarely, comes along a TV show that leaves a lasting impression in the minds of the viewers, to an extent, that viewers seem to relate and imitate the characters as well as their idiosyncrasies. TV Series that manage to pull of a cult fan base, are able to achieve that because of their mesmeric characters, gripping storylines, intricate plots and the fan favourites, ‘quotable dialogues’. The key to a lasting cult lies in delivering consistently in each episode and leaving the viewers wanting for more, *cliffhanger*. One such show that became an obsession worth having, well, at least for me, was ‘Mad Men’.
Advanced Competitive Strategy is a course from the strategy domain taught by the Director of IIM Lucknow, Professor Ajit Prasad. This course while may come across as one that will be extremely complex and serious, was filled with an immense amount of fun and fervour. Strategy courses are known for being demanding and heavy, yet here is a course than entirely changed my perspective towards the subject.
Another great course I took this term was the Advanced Oral Communication Course or AOC which is taken by Professor Neerja Pande. She belongs to arts field and was brought up in Lucknow itself. This course from the communications department is very different from the typical courses at a B-School, yet it is as or more essential than the ones taught across both years.
“Mentoring is a brain to pick, an ear to listen, and a push in the right direction”
Is being a consultant your dream job? Then mastering the art of cracking Case Interviews is something you should start right away. In this video, Miti Vaidya, Kore Team Member of InsideIIM-Konversations, explains how to go about in a structured and logical manner while cracking a case interview. The most important thing to remember is that it's not about getting to the right answer int he quickest time possible. Case interviews are a way to the show interviewer how you think and what is the approach you take. And it's a skill that takes time to master. So start with this video and tell us your approach to cracking the case mentioned in this video, in the comments below.
We are in the world of Information and Connectivity. Don't we all know that our cell phones that continually gathers data about our whereabouts and activities? An expansive scope of organised data gathering gadgets are progressively being deployed in the public space, including CCTV cameras; ads and vending machines furnished with biometric sensors; and the indoor micropositioning systems known as "beacons" that, when combined with a smartphone app, send signals providing information about nearby products and services. The picture we are left with is that of our surroundings furiously vacuuming up information, each square meter yielding such great amount of data. But how is the Data Managed or Interpreted is something that can be an inquisitive hunt from a Management perspective.
Do you know the technologies your devices are built on? Do you know the innovations that you cannot directly see, and yet exist in most of your devices? The reason behind all those daily updates?
Fintech is making us rethink the very basis of our civilization. When you can pay for something with a Bitcoin, the currency that exists only in your imagination and online, you wonder if the world as we know it is real or not!
Rarely, comes along a TV show that leaves a lasting impression in the minds of the viewers, to an extent, that viewers seem to relate and imitate the characters as well as their idiosyncrasies. TV Series that manage to pull of a cult fan base, are able to achieve that because of their mesmeric characters, gripping storylines, intricate plots and the fan favourites, ‘quotable dialogues’. The key to a lasting cult lies in delivering consistently in each episode and leaving the viewers wanting for more, *cliffhanger*. One such show that became an obsession worth having, well, at least for me, was ‘Mad Men’.
Advanced Competitive Strategy is a course from the strategy domain taught by the Director of IIM Lucknow, Professor Ajit Prasad. This course while may come across as one that will be extremely complex and serious, was filled with an immense amount of fun and fervour. Strategy courses are known for being demanding and heavy, yet here is a course than entirely changed my perspective towards the subject.
Another great course I took this term was the Advanced Oral Communication Course or AOC which is taken by Professor Neerja Pande. She belongs to arts field and was brought up in Lucknow itself. This course from the communications department is very different from the typical courses at a B-School, yet it is as or more essential than the ones taught across both years.
“Mentoring is a brain to pick, an ear to listen, and a push in the right direction”
Is being a consultant your dream job? Then mastering the art of cracking Case Interviews is something you should start right away. In this video, Miti Vaidya, Kore Team Member of InsideIIM-Konversations, explains how to go about in a structured and logical manner while cracking a case interview. The most important thing to remember is that it's not about getting to the right answer int he quickest time possible. Case interviews are a way to the show interviewer how you think and what is the approach you take. And it's a skill that takes time to master. So start with this video and tell us your approach to cracking the case mentioned in this video, in the comments below.
We are in the world of Information and Connectivity. Don't we all know that our cell phones that continually gathers data about our whereabouts and activities? An expansive scope of organised data gathering gadgets are progressively being deployed in the public space, including CCTV cameras; ads and vending machines furnished with biometric sensors; and the indoor micropositioning systems known as "beacons" that, when combined with a smartphone app, send signals providing information about nearby products and services. The picture we are left with is that of our surroundings furiously vacuuming up information, each square meter yielding such great amount of data. But how is the Data Managed or Interpreted is something that can be an inquisitive hunt from a Management perspective.
Do you know the technologies your devices are built on? Do you know the innovations that you cannot directly see, and yet exist in most of your devices? The reason behind all those daily updates?
