Through The Looking Glass - My Take On The MBA Life
“A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions” ~Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr
“A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions” ~Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr
“I don't know anything anymore. Is that normal? Is it normal to notice the enormity of everything and just go blank?” – A.M Holmes
“The grass is always greener on the other side”. This is what if not all then most of the aspirants see when they decide to pursue MBA. But it’s not the case always. Everything has its own pros and cons and the decision should not be based upon pros only but an equal consideration should be given to the other side also.
The Vinod Gupta School of Management recently had the pleasure of hosting Mr. Unny Radhakrishnan, Chief Digital Officer, Maxus Global South Asia and Mr. Harish Shankaran, Director, Creative Technologies at Maxus Metalworks for an interactive session on “The Future of Everything”. The session was held on the 23rd of February, 2017 and was a part of the Vaarta, 17 series of guest lectures.
This year started with a big blow to the BCCI when the Supreme Court removed Anurag Thakur from the post of the President of the cricket body as well as Ajay Shirke from the post of the Secretary for not complying with the court’s order. All this began a year back with Justice RM Lodha recommendations on the restructuring of the BCCI so as to end the influence of politics on the game of cricket. This cosy club structure that they wanted to remain in place is booted out but now the question arises what next? A bunch of people who tried to take control of an organisation and run it as their own personal fiefdom was no longer acceptable and someone more competent should take their place, that’s the law of nature. But, again the question comes that are these steps a panacea for the ills or just a bad pill? Well before the import of the recommendations - which is significant to the dislike of the Board members - could sink in, many who thought that the BCCI had grown too big and powerful for its `own good’ were rubbing their hands in undisguised glee. First, let’s talk about some of the recommendations pitched in by the committee to reform the system which includes:
Time and again, various debates have taken place over the role of nationalist's and patriots and people have claimed to be one or the other in different ways. While the terms nationalism and patriotism seem to connote love for one’s own nation, there is a significant difference b/w the two. Also, the two concepts have been misinterpreted and used to propagate their self-interest by various socio-political groups. Any which way, before we move further, let’s elucidate the two terms.
What freedom means to the dearest slave of marketing paradigm and operations methodology. Yes to the kind guided by the chained machines geared with Porters and Maslow’s. If you give them a lined paper, they sure will write the other way. Here welcome the always motivated and analytical neurons to hit with a bang of an MBA brain which for the time being hasn’t gone haywire.