The chalk hit my nose. The precision with which silence was torn open into a roar of laughter struck my ears like a sharp pin of embarrassment. Dilbert was giving a unique expression on the projector screen and the slide changed to “You never get a second chance… to make a first impression”. I rubbed my eyes to be startled by the irony of the moment.
“Entrepreneurship is living a few years of your life like most people won’t so that you can spend the most of your life like most people can’t”
Have you ever wondered why B-schools can’t be like engineering colleges, teaching students how to technically solve business complexities? Or why are B-schools different from medical schools, teaching people proven remedies and prescriptions that work 100%? The nature of life in business is completely unpredictable. One doesn’t realise any clear relationship between intervention and outcome… did your idea succeed or were you just lucky with the stars… did the meeting go down well or were the others unable to pull you down… etc etc. Here we have a point to note down – nothing in business is black or white, all are shades of grey.
We all have been passionate about our crayons, brushes and sketch pens at some point of time in our childhood. Mohini Patil, a PGP I student of IIM Lucknow, continues to have her box of colours with her, inside campus. She enjoys trying out different art forms and specifically loves sand animation and encaustic painting. Her art collection seems like a product of artistic usage of crayons or colours or anything else but definitely not what she reveals. “Encaustic is a rare and an amazing art,” she says, “it means mixing multiple colours. And I use crayons, melt them and paint with an iron.” Mohini has been practicing encaustic art for six years.
Why Amazon and Google are the most fearsome companies of the modern era....
Congratulations! You had worked hard and got into a prestigious MBA college. So, what now? I believe that many of you would be wondering as to what to expect from the MBA program at the Indian School of Business (ISB). Here is my take on how to prepare for the ISB MBA experience.
