The following list is based on the books I have read. 01 BUSINESS STRATEGY 1)What Is Strategy? — HBR Article by Michael Porter(The best one) I’ve read several business cases — I could see that every successful business has displayed Porter’s principles. 2) Blue Ocean Strategy by Renée Mauborgne and W. Chan Kim. …

We are told to give candid feedback at work. We have been taught several ways to give and receive feedback. We have been told that feedback helps us to do better and to grow in our careers. We are told that we are poor judges of ourselves. You cannot see…

WALMART In 1984, Walmart’s then CFO David Glass predicted that the company could achieve 8 percent pretax profit that year. But Sam Walton(Founder of Walmart) firmly believed it was unattainable. Sam placed a bet saying that he would do the Hula on Wall Street if Walmart achieved an 8 percent pretax…

If somebody describes someone or their work as Original, it means that they are very imaginative and have new ideas. Most of us aspire to be called Originals. There are several techniques to become an Original. Let’s see one of them. COLGATE MINI TOOTHBRUSH — In 2006, Colgate wanted to…

“Just focus on doing this work — Remove the burrs, put the bolt on the screw. Don’t think about anything else. Remember, the company expects you to just do the job assigned to you” My manager told me when I asked him about the product’s applications. It was a long…