One of the most important and momentous presidential elections in U.S. history has passed, Barack Obama Won The United States of America’s ‘08 Presidential Election! BARACK OBAMA IS ELECTED THE 44th PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
Learn about balance, love, and leadership from a guy who’s even busier than you are
Designs have no limits. They can be creative. Inspiring. And yes, sometimes even quirky!
Like this aptly called ‘public loo’ in Switzerland! Rest assured, your privacy still remains – it’s a one-sided view glass, allowing you to see without being seen. Thank God the designers didn’t put the glass the other way around!
Google Co-founder Sergey Brin has launched personal blog TOO located @ too.blogspot.com.
In his first blog post, he tries to explain the blog name: “Welcome to my personal blog. While Google is a play on googol, too is a play on the much smaller number – two. It also means “in addition”, as this blog reflects my life outside of work.”
A man eats two eggs each morning for breakfast. When he goes to the Provision store he pays Rs. 12 a dozen. Since a dozen eggs won’t last a week he normally buys two dozens at a time. One day while buying eggs he notices that the price has risen to Rs. 16. The next time he buys groceries, eggs are Rs. 22 a dozen.
When asked to explain the price of eggs the store owner says, “The price has gone up and I have to raise my price accordingly”. These store buys 100 dozen eggs a day. He checked around for a better price and all the distributors have raised their prices. The distributors have begun to buy from the huge egg farms. The small egg farms have been driven out of business. The huge egg farms sell 100,000 dozen eggs a day to distributors. With no competition, they can set the price as they see fit. The distributors then have to raise their prices to the grocery stores. And on and on and on.
In today’s fiercely competitive and ever changing world, change management has become one of the most crucial challenges. In recent times, much has been said and many books have been written on this topic. But one book that takes a look at change management through a fresh perspective is ‘Our Iceberg Is Melting’.
‘Our Iceberg Is Melting’ is a parable in a business book that has taken a complex issue like change management and distilled it down into a simple story for all to understand. Written by John Kotter, a Harvard professor and Holger Rathgeber, a business manager, this book does more than just talk about change. An amusing and charming story that has creatively shown eight effective ways to bring positive change to any situation through the life of Fred, a young inexperienced penguin.
Sir Salman Rushdie’s ‘Midnight’s Children’ has done it again! It has won the prestigious ‘40-year Best of Booker Prize’ award. Considered one of the most important works of the modern age, this brilliant literary work has convincingly beat five other shortlisted works from the competition’s 40-year-old history.
And what makes this award even more special for the book is that it has received the ultimate accolade this time — the public’s vote. An online poll conducted saw readers pouring in their votes via internet and sms, casting a total of 36% majority win for Rushdie. Incidentally, it seems at least half of the voters were under the age of 35 – a reflection of the ongoing interest in quality fiction amongst younger generation.
The Greatness Guide 2 is an inspiring sequel to The Greatness Guide by Robin Sharma, one of the top 10 leadership gurus in the world.
What’s most interesting about Robin Sharma’ books and makes them different from ordinary inspirational books are perhaps the simplicity of his thoughts that translates into easy reading. Like this one.
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Web 2.0 is paving the way for integrating direct and brand marketing, enabling real-time dialog with customers and the joint creation of content that increases and improves brand awareness and perception and generates sales and leads, according to a new report.
Web 2.0 includes blogs, virtual words, social networks, user-generated content, RSS feeds and Wikis.
The first annual survey of Marketing Executives Networking Group (MENG), a nearly 1,700-member organization of marketers at a VP-level or higher, sought to identify the top marketing trends in 2008.
The survey focused on top marketing concepts, buzzwords, global areas of opportunity as well as the books that marketers look to for inspiration and growth opportunity.
Vir Sanghvi is one of the best-known Indian journalist and an award-winning TV interviewer. Men of Steel is a compilation of his articles on Leadership series that was published in the Indian news daily, Hindustan Times Mumbai.
Men of Steel is an in-depth profile of 11 biggest business barons of India – from traditional industrialists Ratan Tata and KM Birla to new age technology gurus Nandan Nilekani and Azim Premji to telecom wizard Sunil Bharti Mittal and many more. The book captures their candid conversations with Vir Sanghvi as they share their dreams and heartbreaks on the journey to success.