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Our Iceberg Is Melting: Changing and Succeeding Under Any Conditions

Filed in Management,Reviews, December 26, 2007, 1:00 pm by , ,

TweetIf you liked “Who moved my cheese”, you would probably enjoy “Our Iceberg Is Melting” as well. The author’s explain how change can be effected in an organization via the story of a group of penguins that is forced to relocate because their current iceberg of residence is melting. The story is about how a […]

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A Thousand Splendid Suns

Filed in Reviews, December 19, 2007, 1:40 am by , ,

TweetJust finished reading Khaled Hosseini ‘s second novel “A Thousand Splendid Suns”. While reading the book, I could not help but compare this novel with the author’s first novel “The Kite Runner” – which I thought was glorious. I understand that the comparison may not be fair, but it is inevitable. Writing (or some would […]

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One billion customers

Filed in Books,Reviews, December 18, 2007, 2:49 pm by , , ,

TweetIt is James McGregor’s absorbing account of his tenure in China as Dow Jones’s China boss. I am fascinated by China and its rapid rise and I have been wanting to read this book for a while now. The book is littered with insights about China and its culture. I picked out some of insights […]

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Kite Runner

Filed in Books,Reviews, December 4, 2007, 10:18 pm by ,

TweetI am not a big reader of fiction. I can certainly count on my fingers the number of fiction that I have finished start to finish in one shot – within a 24 hour period. Kite Runner, a New York Times Bestseller by Khaled Hosseini is one such novel. I am not good at writing […]

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Long tail by Chris Anderson – win a copy of the book

Filed in Books,Management,Reviews,Strategy & Business Models, November 11, 2007, 10:01 am by ,

Chris Anderson made a superb presentation about his concept of Long Tail at our customer conference 2 weeks ago. Before i talk about his presentation, i want to give you all a few pointers to pick up this concept. I strongly believe that all management professionals must understand the Long Tail because…