Opposing opinions
Over the years, I have worked in many, many teams. I have come to the conclusion that the most effective ones are those consisting of members with different opinions, backgrounds and belief systems....
View ArticleMunching mango
“Are you okay?” My youngest boy comes running inside, crying. He was sitting in the garden munching a mango when a kite came after him. A kite is a predator bird, common in India, with a wingspan of...
View ArticleMonstersale
Twenty years ago I worked for a company called Randstad, a global leader in staffing services. At the time, talent was scarce, especially in administrative, healthcare and engineering segments. I...
View ArticleTriple U
Unprecedented, Unqualified and Unpresidential. Even if you possess two out of theses three U’s, you can be elected US President. How is that? The American electorate appreciates ‘Unprecedented’, as...
View ArticleInspire me
My name is Lucie. They say I am curious, I say who are you to call me anything? I am hungry to learn but no random factoids. I seek answers. You may teach me allright, but stick to the interesting...
View ArticleNo one way street
Respect works like giving a smile or showing gratitude: it costs nothing to give, yet is invaluable to receive. Respect can be wrapped in a mere gesture, a look or in the way you phrase an...
View ArticleTwo sips of water
Today, prime minister Narendra Modi delivered the 70th Indian Independency Day address. Without teleprompter, Modi seemed to ad lib himself through his entire speech, broadcasted live on national...
View ArticleKites and independency
The connection between kite flying and Indian independency movement dates back to 1927. Upon arriving in India, the Simon Commission, mandated with architecting a future for India as part of the...
View ArticleSplit second
Love to watch competing athletes. Against the clock, or each other. The competitiveness in athletics immediately stirs excitement. The drama, euphoria, victory and loss are a close resemblance of...
View ArticleTougher than real life
In some respect, school is tougher than real life. Less forgiving, if you think about it. In school, you get a number of subjects and you need to be reasonably good at each every one of them to pass...
View ArticleLittle blue gimmick
Never had I seen one like these before. It is best described as a blue little pointy stick with a sort of brush on top. In white lower caps, the rim reads the word ‘brush’. The brush itself is...
View ArticleOn misunderstanding
It is about the need to explain yourself when you thought you were pretty obvious. It is about putting your emotions into words when you assumed a mere look was sufficient. Duh. Misunderstanding is...
View ArticleRio remembered
The 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro will be remembered for the Egyptian ladies beach volleyball team, competing on the Copacabana dressed in hijab. They will also be remembered for the Egyptian...
View ArticleBread and games
Ticketing encompassed approximately five percent of the overall revenue of the Olympic Games in Rio the Janeiro. That is a pile of money, but still dwarfed by the proceeds from television rights and...
View ArticleToots
What if you were born in Brussels after the end of the First World War in a working class neighborhood, and you discovered the love for jazz at early age to become world class at playing the mouth...
View ArticleKicked in first
“This place is good. I live ten kilometers away and yet come here for my take out”. The man in line next to me confirmed what I already suspected. These Basrurkar market guys knew there Indian...
View ArticleAll but one
Humans are blessed with five senses (some say even more, not sure). One sense stands out from the others. You can control all your senses, in a way that they are operated by cognitive decisions. All...
View ArticleFavorite person
Any given day that starts with someone saluting ‘You are my new favorite person’ is a pretty good day. Not too many of those. What I did to earn this laudation was no big deal at all. Not for me at...
View ArticleRoadmap of the past
The oldschool, foldable roadmap doesn’t tell you where you are now, it offers you choices of where you can go in the future. A face is like a reversed roadmap. It tells you exactly where its owner is...
View ArticleInstinct beats reason
It works night and day, rain or shine, never falters, never fails, and monitors stimuli sent to the deepest part of your brain, your cerebral cortex. There it manages your impulses, your intuitive...
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