The TATA Story (so far) ...

... via Nano lanes and Jaquar tracks !!!

Courtesy: BusinessWeek

10,000 Women... not 10,000 B.C

Launched by Goldman Sachs, 10,000 Women is a global initiative that will:

* Increase the number of underserved women receiving a business and management education

* Improve the quality and capacity of business and management education around the world

Abstract from FT article

The genesis for the effort, according to Lloyd Blankfein, Goldman chief executive, was research conducted by the bank’s employees indicating that boosting business education of women in developing countries could have a powerful multiplier effect on overall health levels and economic growth rates.

The research showed that closing the gender gap in employment in key emerging markets could lift per capita income 10-14 per cent above baseline forecasts by 2020.

It also indicated that higher levels of female education could have raised gross domestic product growth rates in emerging markets by 0.2 per cent over the past 10 years.

Read on ...

GS Website

Blue Ocean Strategy

“Strategy thus becomes a question of outpacing rivals to gain a greater share from a limited economic pie,” Mauborgne says. “But when we look at industry who do we admire most? Those who outpace rivals? Yes, we admire winners. But more so, we admire people who create new paradigms, businesses and market spaces. These are what expand the pie of intellectual and creative wealth. In other words, creating a non-zero sum game.” This shift from win-lose to a win-win is the essence of Kim and Mauborgne’s Blue Ocean strategy.

|BOS Primer | BOS Official Site|

The Singing Scientist on Compassion

Countdown to Innovation

Marissa Mayer, Google's VP of search products and user experience shares the rules that gives the search company its innovative edge.

9 YOU'RE BRILLIANT? WE'RE HIRING
8 CREATIVITY LOVES CONSTRAINTS
7 DATA IS APOLITICAL.
6 USERS, USERS, USERS
5 SHARE AS MUCH INFORMATION AS YOU CAN
4 MORPH PROJECTS DON'T KILL THEM
3 A LICENSE TO PURSUE YOUR DREAMS
2 IDEAS COME FROM EVERYWHERE
1 INNOVATION, NOT INSTANT PERFECTION.

Courtesy : FastCompany.com

My First Day at Embarq

Change is messy ...

"The shoe has to pinch before we get round to it."

Courtesy : BBC