The keywords causing perennial apprehension and circumspection among the preponderance of the youth today are - pre-paid, bonus card, STD plan…….-the list seemingly never ends. And while Airtel’s opus wages a ceaseless war against Hutch’s zoozoos, few other diminutive ones attempt at making inroads with enticing offers or just hopes that unintelligible and ignorant ones will overlook the spelling of the company’s name.
If you ask anyone about what they want in life, all the responses boil down to– I want to be happy. I know, some might argue that there are altruists who are working selflessly for others. But is it any different? Aren't they doing it because they find their happiness in others’ happiness? So, there is an ‘I want to be happy’ element in it as well.
“If you want to go fast go alone, if you want to go far go with others”
Recently in IIM Shillong, we had Ms. Sudipta Sen Gupta, Senior General Manager – Marketing, Carlsberg India for an informal interaction with the participants. During her presentation she talked about a current dilemma she faced regarding her performance appraisal. She happened to mention that her performance will be appraised only on basis of the target numbers and circumstances will not be considered. The next day we got talking about performance measurement and appraisal with our HR faculty which raised more questions than it answered. Should task performance be the sole criteria for appraisal? Should context be considered when evaluating results?
Sometimes I honestly contemplate upon the idea of becoming a writer! Every next tom, dick and harry from an IIM, pens a book these days. You know, it has become the new 'it' thing, well, old 'it' thing for an IIM grad. When nothing goes my way, I at least write a book and bask in the glory! Please! Give me a break!
Any study of natural process acknowledges that genes, atoms, talent have random distribution around a huge space like our planet Earth. This inherently implies that any geography will have more or less same number of artist, doctors and lawyers. It would be funny to imagine Australia as a place where only sportsmen are born and Germany a place where only Mechanical engineers are born. Following that logic innovators are present everywhere in the world including India. With huge population size we must rank in top 5 in terms of innovations. But what saddens me is the recent global competitiveness report which ranks India as number 48 in terms of innovation below all the BRICS countries inspite of registering a double digit growth rate.
Where we are we know not, where we shall be, we know not, what we do know is what we aren't and that drives you to idealize what you could be. In a world of craze, rat race and pressure, I stood as another minnow, shadowed and stamped by giants that strode. Yet within the little being, lived a dream that knew not of pragmatism, I set to work to see my dream come true.
The keywords causing perennial apprehension and circumspection among the preponderance of the youth today are - pre-paid, bonus card, STD plan…….-the list seemingly never ends. And while Airtel’s opus wages a ceaseless war against Hutch’s zoozoos, few other diminutive ones attempt at making inroads with enticing offers or just hopes that unintelligible and ignorant ones will overlook the spelling of the company’s name.
If you ask anyone about what they want in life, all the responses boil down to– I want to be happy. I know, some might argue that there are altruists who are working selflessly for others. But is it any different? Aren't they doing it because they find their happiness in others’ happiness? So, there is an ‘I want to be happy’ element in it as well.
“If you want to go fast go alone, if you want to go far go with others”
Recently in IIM Shillong, we had Ms. Sudipta Sen Gupta, Senior General Manager – Marketing, Carlsberg India for an informal interaction with the participants. During her presentation she talked about a current dilemma she faced regarding her performance appraisal. She happened to mention that her performance will be appraised only on basis of the target numbers and circumstances will not be considered. The next day we got talking about performance measurement and appraisal with our HR faculty which raised more questions than it answered. Should task performance be the sole criteria for appraisal? Should context be considered when evaluating results?
Sometimes I honestly contemplate upon the idea of becoming a writer! Every next tom, dick and harry from an IIM, pens a book these days. You know, it has become the new 'it' thing, well, old 'it' thing for an IIM grad. When nothing goes my way, I at least write a book and bask in the glory! Please! Give me a break!
Any study of natural process acknowledges that genes, atoms, talent have random distribution around a huge space like our planet Earth. This inherently implies that any geography will have more or less same number of artist, doctors and lawyers. It would be funny to imagine Australia as a place where only sportsmen are born and Germany a place where only Mechanical engineers are born. Following that logic innovators are present everywhere in the world including India. With huge population size we must rank in top 5 in terms of innovations. But what saddens me is the recent global competitiveness report which ranks India as number 48 in terms of innovation below all the BRICS countries inspite of registering a double digit growth rate.
Where we are we know not, where we shall be, we know not, what we do know is what we aren't and that drives you to idealize what you could be. In a world of craze, rat race and pressure, I stood as another minnow, shadowed and stamped by giants that strode. Yet within the little being, lived a dream that knew not of pragmatism, I set to work to see my dream come true.
