March, 2020 and the Covid Pandemic created a global lockdown. Businesses, employees and consumers faced uncertainty with respect to income and availability of necessities and panic buying ensued. When the dust settled, realization dawned that the economy could continue to operate in most scenarios with workers working remotely. Team conferencing tools like Zoom and Slack… Read More The Lockdown, Working Remote and the Great Resignation
As the 32nd President of the United States, he guided the country through the Great Depression of the 1930s and most of World War II. Through the course of World War II, he envisioned the new World Order post World War II, including the United Nations. As a manager, he operated with the mantra, “I… Read More Legends of Leadership and Management: Franklin D Roosevelt (1882-1945)
Podcast: 1918: the Spanish Flu and a history of Pandemics The COVID-19 Pandemic has brought the entire globe to a standstill. When will this Pandemic end or more generically, how does a Pandemic end? The short answer – a pandemic ends when it runs out of victims. Infectious diseases become Pandemics when they are spread… Read More The history, physics and economics of Pandemics
Podcast: 20th Century Dictators December 1971 – East Pakistan ceded from its west wing and became Bangladesh under the leadership of Sheikh Mujibur Rehman. The newly independent Bangladesh looked forward to a new dawn under its new Prime Minister. But less than 4 years later, amid rising political agitation, post a catastrophic famine that killed… Read More The history and physics of Dictatorships
Podcast: 1947-india-partition-chaos The manager abdicated his accountability and those around him did not call this out. The end result was a human tragedy that rivaled the holocaust: 2 million massacred and 15 million rendered homeless! For the utter callous, unplanned and irresponsible way that it was managed, India’s partition in 1947, makes it to the… Read More Great Management Disasters in history: India’s partition
He identified a global problem and then worked hard to find a solution. Once he had found the solution, he implemented it on a global scale and the results were glaringly obvious. He was short on resources and time, so he found creative ways to overcome the constraints. TIME Magazine named him one of the… Read More Legends of leadership and management: Norman Borlaug (1914-2009)
He was a results oriented leader who negotiated his way to a democratic Spain. He was an insider who changed the system while being a part of it. He firmly believed that success of democracy lay not in winning, but in the participation of the entire spectrum of thought. And when armed rogue commanders took… Read More Legends of Leadership and Management – Adolfo Suarez (1932- 2014)
He is considered the father of modern Japan. He was instrumental in influencing the transformation of Japan from a feudal, isolated regime into a modern, democratic and global economy. As home minister in 1878, he focused on boosting and westernizing the economy of Japan. As Japan’s first Prime Minister from 1885, he ensured Japan was… Read More Legends of Leadership and Management: Itō Hirobumi (1841-1909)
As the Rio Olympics get off to a flying start, here is a look at some inspiring moments through time, that helped define, the spirit of the Olympics: 2016 (Rio) – the first ever Refugees Olympics Team: The story of the plight of refugees came center stage at the Rio Olympics when 10 athletes marched… Read More The Olympics Spirit – grit, courage and camaraderie – inspiring moments in Olympics history
His words were as loud as his actions. He was among the first to connect with audiences across the globe. He was an athlete and a showman at the same time. And it was no surprise that BBC and Sports Illustrated declared him “Sportsman of the Century.” Muhammad Ali – the icon, left us… Read More Muhammad Ali: an icon, a disruptor and a marketing genius!
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