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Every Day is A New Day
New day.. New office location.. New Seat.. So many new things happened to me before this new year comes. Newness always brings enthusiasm and excitement. Hope this New Year also comes with hand full of surprises as Every Day is a New Day indeed..!!!
12 Most Famous Love Stories of All Time
When: 31 BC Where: Rome and Egypt What’s So Special about Their Love: These two had a love so strong, war was waged against them to break them up. When Mark Antony left his wife, Octavia, for the mesmerizing Cleopatra, Octavia’s brother Octavian brought the army of Rome to destroy them. These two lovers were so entranced with each other that they committed suicide rather than be apart- the ultimate Romeo and Juliet true love story.
Mahatma`s Teachings
I like both the movies MunnaBhai MBBS and Lage Raho MunnaBhai. I dont know about the Gandhi`s political decisions but I believe in his teachings to the nation.
Universal Truth about Boys............lolz!!
Now i truly admit, Google is very very very smart......
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Just avoid this with your Boss
Ways to manage multiple passwords with ease
A simple three-step way to safeguard your identity (okay, two-step)
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Monday, February 27, 2012
Thinkers who Influence Top Global Executives
The top 10 thinkers on the list have been taken from ‘Top 50 Business Thinkers.’ This list was collated by consultancy, Crainer Dearlove.
Clayton Christensen Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School. He is well-known globally, for his research on innovation in commercial enterprises. ‘The Innovator's Dilemma’ in 1997 is a book by Christensen, which talks about his theory of disruptive innovation. He is basically a teacher and a consultant. He also has a joint appointment in the faculty groups of Technology and Operations Management and General Management. He is also a faculty member at the Harvard Business School. He presently serves as a Board of Director in TCS. He was also a project leader and consultant at Boston Consulting Group (BCG). His other prominent books are – ‘The Innovator's Prescription’ in 2009, ‘Disrupting Class’ in 2008, ‘Seeing What's Next’ in 2004 and ‘The Innovator's Solution’ in 2003. These books of his have won many accolades in the American Healthcare System. The College of Healthcare Executives conferred him with the James A. Hamilton Award in 2010 for ‘The Innovator's Prescription.’ He received the ‘Extraordinary Teaching Award by the MBA class’ in 2010.
W. Chan Kim is among the top authorities in managing multinational corporations by providing advice eon innovation and business strategies. He was placed on the prestigious list of ‘Top Ten Most Influential Business Thinkers in the World’ by Thinkers50 in the years – 2007, 2009 and 2011. The Journal of International Management has called him ‘Most Influential Academics in Global Strategy in the World.’ He has co-written the book – ‘Blue Ocean Strategy: How to Create Uncontested Market Space and Make the Competition Irrelevant.’ This book has been translated into more than 41 languages. This book is seen as changing the face of strategic business thinking.
This book could not have been complete had it not been for the immensely talented, Renee Mauborgne. She is among the very elite list of experts, who write on wealth creation business and strategy, innovation. Like her contemporary, she too was placed on the prestigious list of Top Ten Most Influential Business Thinkers in the World’ by Thinkers50 in the years 2007, 2009 and 2011. Both Kim and Mauborgne have co-written various articles for Harvard Business Review.
Vijay Govindarajan is the Professor of International Business at the Tuck School of Business. He is also the Founding Director of Tuck's Center for Global Leadership. His education programmes on global management are taught in more than 3 continents. He is a regular columnist in FastCompany.com. His other articles have been published in Journal of Business Strategy, Decision Science, Organizations and Society, Accounting, MIT Sloan Management Review, California Management Review and Harvard Business Review. He was also the first Professor in Residence and Chief Innovation Consultant at GE. His books include – ‘The Other Side of Innovation’ and ‘Ten Rules for Strategic Innovators: From Idea to Execution.’ Hi study, ‘The Emotionally Bonded Organization: Why Emotional Infrastructure Matters and How Leaders Can Build It’ will be published in the coming months. He has also co-written ‘How GE is Disrupting Itself’ for the Harvard Business Review.
James ‘Jim’ Collins is a lecturer, author and business consultant. He teaches on sustainability and growth of a company. He regularly contributes to Fortune, Business Week, Harvard Business Review and other reputed journals and magazines. He has written many books, like – ‘Great by Choice: Uncertainty, Chaos, and Luck - Why Some Thrive Despite Them All,’ ‘How the Mighty Fall: And Why Some Companies Never Give In,’ ‘Good to Great’ and ‘Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies.’ ‘Built to Last’ was a best-seller in the Business Week for 6 straight years and was translated into more than 25 languages. ‘How the Mighty Fall’ was on the best seller list of Business Week, Wall Street Journal and New York Times. This book has sold more than 2.5 million copies till date and has been translated into 32 languages. The concept of “Level 5 leader” is often discussed in his writings. Such a leader is “paradoxical mix of personal humility and professional will.”
Michael Porter is the present Bishop William Lawrence University Professor at Harvard Business School. He is perhaps best known for his Management models – Porter’s Diamond Theory and Porter’s 5 Forces Model. His other Management Principles include - Competitive advantage, strategic groups, value chain, generic strategies of cost leadership, product differentiation, market positioning and many more. Management students swear by his works. He is a Chairperson at Harvard Business School's program. He has worked on a dizzying number of publications. Some of them are – ‘How Competitive Forces Shape Strategy,’ ‘Competitive Strategy,’ ‘Competitive Advantage,’ ‘Redefining Health Care: Creating Value-Based Competition On Results,’ ‘Strategy and the Internet,’ ‘From Competitive Advantage to Corporate Strategy,’ ‘The Competitive Advantage of Nations,’ ‘Towards a Dynamic Theory of Strategy,’ ‘Strategy and Society: The Link Between Competitive Advantage and Corporate Social Responsibility,’ and many more.
Roger Martin is the Dean at the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto. He is said to have spear-headed integrative thinking, apart from developing other business concepts. He serves on the boards of many reputed firms, like - Research In Motion and Thomson Reuters Corporation. He also writes regularly for Financial Times’ Judgement Call column, Washington Post’s On Leadership blog and Businessweek's Innovation and Design Channel. He has authored many books but he most well-known for – ‘The Opposable Mind: How Successful Leaders Win Through Integrative Thinking,’ which utilizes integrative thinking to solve complex problems. His other books include – ‘The Future of the MBA and Diaminds,’ ‘Fixing the Game,’ ‘The Design of Business,’ ‘The Opposable Mind,’ and ‘The Resonsibility Virus.’
Marshall Goldsmith is a professor and author of management related books. He presently teaches at Dartmouth College's Tuck School and is a speaker at leading business schools. He is the pioneer of the ‘360 Degree Feedback,’ which now has become an integral part of almost all companies. Because of him, managing people in organizations has become simplified. He has written books, like – ‘How to Get It Back If You Lose It,’ ‘MOJO: How to Get It, How to Keep It’ and’ The Leader of the Future.’ He has a host of accomplishments in his name. The Economist called him the Most Credible Executive Advisors in the New Era of Business. The Economic Times called him the Top CEO Coaches of America. Forbes called him the Five Most-Respected Executive Coaches. Wall Street Journal called him Top Ten Executive Educators and The Times called him 15 Greatest Business Thinkers in the World. He received the Distinguished Entrepreneur Award in 2009 from Indiana University's Kelley School of Business.
Marcus Buckingham is a business consultant, motivational speaker, researcher and author. He started The Marcus Buckingham Company (TMBC) in 2006 to develop management education programs. He is best known for his “strengths,” which help in assessing oneself. He has authored and co-authored many books. His publications include – ‘Find Your Strongest Life’ in 2009, ‘The Truth About You’ in 2008, ‘Go Put Your Strengths to Work’ in 2007, ‘The One Thing You Need to Know’ in 2005, ‘Now, Discover Your Strengths’ in 2001 and ‘First, Break All The Rules’ in 1999. His latest publication is ‘StandOut.’ His books revolve around finding our inners strength and building upon it, rather than looking for something else we are not. He has appeared on TV shows like - Larry King Live, Good Morning America, The Today Show and The Oprah Winfrey Show.
Don Tapscott is a Canadian business executive, speaker, author and consultant. He is the Chairman of nGenera Insight, previously called New Paradigm. He specializes in business strategy, organizational transformation, innovation and how technology affects society and business. He holds three honorary Doctor of Laws conferred by - McMaster University in 2010, Trent University in 2006 and University of Alberta in 2001. He has been the author and co-author of many books. His books include – ‘Macrowikinomics: Rebooting Business and the World’ in 2010, ‘Grown Up Digital: How the Net Generation is Changing Your World’ in 2008, ‘Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything’ in 2006, ‘The Naked Corporation: How the Age of Transparency Will Revolutionize Business’ in 2003, ‘Digital Capital: Harnessing the Power of Business Webs’ in 2000, ‘Digital Economy: Promise and Peril In The Age of Networked Intelligence’ in 1995 and ‘Paradigm Shift: The New Promise of Information Technology’ in 1992. In 2012, he received the Yorktown Humanitarian Award for community service. Thinkers50 say he is "one of the world’s leading authorities on innovation, media, globalization and the economic and social impact of technology on business and society."
10. Malcolm Gladwell
Malcolm Gladwell is a Canadian journalist, speaker and author. He has been working for The New Yorker since 1996. Gladwell had been working for The Washington Post before moving to the New Yorker. He has authored 4 books, all of which have been New York Times Bestsellers. His books include – ‘What the Dog Saw: And Other Adventures’ in 2009, ‘Outliers: The Story of Success’ in 2008, ‘Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking’ in 2005 and ‘The Tipping Point: How Little Things Make a Big Difference’ in 2000. His work dwells on research and its implications on social sciences, like - social psychology, psychology and sociology. His work has been appreciated for his powerful writing and lucidity of expression. He received an honorary degree from the University of Toronto in 2011. He received an honorary degree from the University of Waterloo in 2007. The American Sociological Association garnered him with the ‘Award for Excellence in the Reporting of Social Issues’ in 2007. In 2005, Time magazine listed him among the ‘Most Influential People.’
SmartPhones that Suit your Personality
'Sony Live with Walkman' for Music Lovers:
Sony's new smartphone'Live with Walkman' comes with 2 GB of free download from Sony Music content. The phone runs on Android 2.3 Gingerbread OS and has a 3.2 inch TFT capacitive touchscreen with 320x480 pixels of resolution, HDMI output, Bluetooth, WiFi, e-Compass, FM radio, built-in mono speaker 1 GHz Scorpion Processor, 512 MB of RAM, 32 MB of internal storage and expandable memory up to 32 GB via microSD card, 5 MP rear camera features autofocus, 8x optical zoom, face detection and LED flash. For connectivity it has 3G, EDGE, GPRS, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and DLAN. This smartphone costs 14549.
BlackBerry Torch 9800 has everything for a corporate citizen. The phone comes with the legendary BlackBerry Messenger, QWERTY keypad, multi touch input, optical trackpad, TFT capacitive screen, megapixel camera, 4 GB internal memory, WiFi, is 3G capable and also has a MicroUSB port. You can invest 27549 on this smartphone to make your work more interesting.
Youngisthan to have ‘Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc S’:
Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc S has the looks, the style, the shape, the trend and the utility too, what else do the youth want. The smartphone comes with an 8 megapixel camera capable of recording 720p HD Videos, runs on Android 2.3(Gingerbread) and has 3G and WiFi for connectivity. It has a 4.2 inch capacitive touch screen with LED backlight along with scratch-resistant surface, 1.4 GHz Scorpion processor, FM Radio with RDS, digital compass, HDMI port, Adobe Flash 10.3 support, document viewer and a microSD support for expanding memory up to 32 GB. This smart looking smartphone is available for 26900.
This is the best low-budget social networking phone which comes under a price braket of 7000. This phone is clocked with Facebook, Twitter, Orkut, Google maps, e-mail, messaging, 3G and comes with a good QWERTY keypad,3 megapixel camera 2-inch wide screen, slim and sleek body as well.
Just Play with ‘Sony Ericsson Xperia Play’:
Sony Ericsson Xperia Play is meant for gamers. This gaming phone has a dedicated Game Store with the Android market comes with a pleasing interface too. The device has a 4-inch LED backlit screen, multi touch input, Wi-Fi, 3G, 5 megapixel camera capable of recording 720p videos, runs on Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) and have the same cool looks as Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc. Gamers have to shed 22510 for this martphone.
iPhone 4 comes with best mobile operating system-iOS, has one of the best 3.5 inches LED backlit capacitive touchscreen, IPS TFT , a 5 megapixel camera with an LED flash and a front camera as well. But as any Apple product it will burn your pocket and moreover 80% of the most used apps in the iPhone 4 are not free and Indian loves and prefer when it’s free. So if you have an iPhone you are a big guy.
The Multitasking ‘Nokia E8’:
Nokia with its Symbian phones are was the emperor of mobile kingdom till the Android Smartphones came into existence a few years back. Now Nokia is trying to regain its crown with its new Window Phone OS based Lumia Series smartphones. But still the Nokia E8 which runs on Symbian OS is a wonder multitasking phone which comes with a QWERTY keypad, 4-inch AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, an 8-megapixel camera. It also supports social networking, but the sad part is its bit heavy and is not that friendly with Wi-Fi networks. This device costs 22517.
Top 10 Cars in India
The Suzuki Alto is a small car designed by Suzuki. Its selling points have long incorporated a low price and good fuel economy. The model, presently in its seventh generation, was introduced in 1979. It was launched in the local market on September 27 in 2000. The Alto badge has often been used on different cars in Japan and in export markets. The sales volume for Alto has reached 32,965.
Swift is a sub compressed car fashioned by Suzuki in Japan since 2000. Previously, the "Swift" nameplate had been applied to the Suzuki Cultus in export markets such as Australasia, Europe, India and North America. In India, Swift was launched by Suzuki as a joint venture with Maruti and the car is known as Maruti Suzuki Swift. In the Indian auto market Swift is offered with seven alternatives, four with petrol and three with diesel engine option. The sales volume is around 18,756.
Wagon R was introduced in Japan in 1993 and in production by Suzuki till date. The 'R' sets for Recreation.
It is one of the first cars to use the "tall wagon or tall boy" design in which the car is designed to be strangely tall with a short bonnet and more or less vertical hatchback and sides in order to make the most of cabin space while staying within the car dimension restrictions. The sales volume for Wagon R has escalated to 14,888. It has been a money-making car for Suzuki even in the International market, largely since establishing the car in India. Sales of Suzuki Wagon R have reached 5 million units at the end of February 2010.
Indica Vista was introduced at the ninth Auto Expo in New Delhi. The Tata Indica is a rear door automobile range by Tata Motors of India. It is the first ever passenger car from Tata Motors and is also measured as India's first indigenously developed passenger car. Around 910,000 Indicas were produced as of August 2008, and the platform had generated close to 1.2 million vehicles. In 2006-07, the annual sales of Indica have been as high as 144,690 units. Current monthly sales of Indica are around 8000 units. The models have also been exported to Europe, Africa and other countries since late in 2004. The sales volume for Vista is around 11,534.
The 5-door hatchback subcompact, Hyundai i10, is produced by the Hyundai Motor Companies. It replaced the Hyundai Atos in some markets with its launch in October 2007. Produced in India at Hyundai's Chennai plant for the domestic and export markets, it is placed at the lower end of Hyundai's hatchback subcompact range. At present i10's sales volume are around 10744.
The rugged car, Bolero Camper is the pick-up version of Mahindra's Bolero UV, a basic pick-up with an optional air conditioner for comfort and designed to be a strong vehicle. Despite the fact that it is based on a decades old platform, its high ground clearance makes it easier to drive on rural Indian roads. The sales volume for Bolero has reached 9,338.
The Tata Indigo is a compact car manufactured by Tata Motors of India. The Indigo Manza was launched on 14 October 2009.
The variation is based on the Tata X1 platform which was exhibited by Tata Motors in its prototype form called Elegante Concept during the 2007 Geneva Motor Show. The sales volume for Manza is around 9,272.
Suzuki launched a sedan based version of the Swift called the "Maruti Swift Dzire" in the Indian market. Swift DZire replaced Maruti Suzuki's well-liked entry level sedan, Maruti Suzuki Esteem on March 26, 2008, as the production of Esteem was halted in late 2007. Swift DZire was introduced only in the Indian market.
The Dzire has exactly the same wheelbase as the hatchback version and has an increased overall length due to the addition of the boot. It shares the same 1.2-liter K-series gasoline and 1.3-liter DDIS diesel engines fitted to the hatchback variation. The sales volume for this car is 8,637.
The city car, Tata Nano was launched by Tata Motors. The smallest and the lowest powered car in the world, was designed to be the cheapest car in India aiming at the lowest price section in the Indian domestic market. The car was launched in the Indian market in March, 2009, with a pre-launch price offer of 100,000 (US$ 2100). Among other reasons, the new emmission regulation forced Tata to refine the engine with a higher price tag. The sales volume reached around 7,723 for Tata Nano.
Indian automaker Maruti Suzuki has manufactured the microvan, the Maruti Omni. The first version of Maruti Omni had 796 cc engines, same as the Maruti 800. Omni was the second vehicle to be launched by Maruti, one year after the 800, in 1984. The Omni is divided into two categories, the family version and the cargo version. The newer family version has two extra seats directly behind the front seating and facing away towards the rear of the van making it an eight seater. The sales volume for Maruti Omni went up to 7,668.
Forget good to great - a great employee remarkable.
Stages of Sleep
- Stage 1 is a drowsy, relaxed state between being awake and sleeping - breathing slows, muscles relax, heart rate drops
- Stage 2 is slightly deeper sleep - you may feel awake and this means that, on many nights, you may be asleep and not know it
- Stage 3 and Stage 4, or Deep Sleep - it is very hard to wake up from Deep Sleep because this is when there is the lowest amount of activity in your body
- After Deep Sleep, we go back to Stage 2 for a few minutes, and then enter Dream Sleep - also called REM (rapid eye movement) sleep - which, as its name suggests, is when you dream
Social Media Tools You Should Be Using NOW
EditFlow is a plugin from open source content management system WordPress that allows you to manage your editorial team seamlessly.
This tool allows you to see how far your tweets travel. For example, with TweetReach I can search my blog and come up with these results. It breaks down how many people your messages reach and how many tweets it took to reach them. For instance, TweetReach can tell you how many times your tweets have been shared by retweets, replies and other standard tweets.
This Durham, N.C.-based startup is a social media platform that aims to help marketers connect the business dots with the social media dots. ArgyleSocial offers a single dashboard to monitor Facebook and Twitter that allows you to delegate tasks to your team. It also offers easy reporting on the ROI of your social media efforts.
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When it comes to Twitter, numbers might not be as important as the people you follow and who follows you.ReFollow is an application that allows you to lock in those followers that you've connected with and make sure they continue to follow you.
You've probably heard of TwitterSearch but, more than likely, you aren't using it correctly.
One simple way to find and follow people who are influential in your space is to use Traackr. It allows you to identify the "authorities" in your industry who can mean the most to your business or your client's.
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