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*The City of Kolkata has its own old world charm with all the amenities of the new world. *On one hand the architecture of the business areas of the City takes you back to Old World Britain and the business houses of LeadenHall Street. Some of the buildings which send a tingling sensation of Britain through me are Duncan House , Balmer Lawrie Building , the Old Standard Chartered Building belonging to the Maharaja of Burdwan , the Old Mint .The list continues endlessly.  When I stand besides these buildings I think of  the British Managers who lorded over their Indian subordinates in these Chambers and after a hard day's work would sit on horse carriages and drive down to their nearest Clubs .  *And that brings me back to the club life of the City. Life in Kolkata is not complete until you have enjoyed the sports and games and nightlife of the City. Some of the prominent clubs of British legacy include Bengal Club, the Tollygunge Club, the Saturday C...

While there are 3 states of living ...awakening, dreaming and deep sleep , there is a fourth state called Turiya which is Awakened Consciousness. In this state you are perpetually in search for the Eternal Truth and you consider yourself to be in sync with the Higher Self. In this state of consciousness, you run free of desires and do not react to either praise or criticism. You are constantly committed to the Search for the Truth and keep performing as if there is no loss or victory.The Act of Performance itself provides the Joy and you remain in a state of Bliss and Pleasure as your mind is connected to the Supreme Self.   Every storm that comes into your life is an act of the Supreme Self who manifests in person to you. For those who have read Rabindranath Tagore , there is a poem that dedicates destruction of their residence by a storm to the presence of God who has actually come in person to meet the common man to remind him of his existence.  In similar Spirit ...

http://www.rotman.utoronto.ca/FacultyAndResearch/Research/NewThinking/ResearchStories/RyanWebb--MindoftheConsumer A Rotman researcher examines technologies that could be used for measuring consumer tastes and choices For marketers, seeing into the minds of customers — and understanding exactly what they think, what they want and how much they’d be willing to pay — could be considered nothing short of miraculous. Though companies can run focus groups or conduct surveys when designing new products, consumer preferences are notoriously hard to measure. After all, it’s hard for customers themselves to predict whether they might like a product that hasn’t been developed yet. And people lie — especially if asked about their guilty pleasures or embarrassing habits. Ryan Webb,  an assistant professor of Marketing at the Rotman School, is hoping to identify new ways to overcome some of these challenges. By blending neuroscience and economic theory in his research, Webb examines ...

“I hate networking.” We hear this all the time from executives, other professionals, and MBA students. They tell us that networking makes them feel uncomfortable and phony—even dirty. Although some people have a natural passion for it—namely, the extroverts who love and thrive on social interaction—many understandably see it as brown-nosing, exploitative, and inauthentic. But in today’s world, networking is a necessity. A mountain of research shows that professional networks lead to more job and business opportunities, broader and deeper knowledge, improved capacity to innovate, faster advancement, and greater status and authority. Building and nurturing professional relationships also improves the quality of work and increases job satisfaction. https://hbr.org/2016/05/learn-to-love-networking

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The students in Professor  Tiziana Casciaro’s  classes deal with some of today’s toughest management problems. Each semester, Casciaro, who teaches in the  MBA  and the  Initiative for Women in Business  programs at Rotman, challenges her students to consider very complicated cases: how would they manage an employee who does excellent work, but constantly offends and alienates coworkers? Where would they begin if they had to upgrade or tweak operations at an organization that is very resistant to change? Ultimately, her students are learning hard lessons about the importance and the complexities of the social networks that arise at work. “No one can do it alone and our students are no exception. Whether they become entrepreneurs or climb the corporate ladder, their success will depend on others. That’s why it’s so crucial that they shape and structure their network so that they can benefit from the experience, knowledge and support of others.” Cas...

One of the key issues individuals face as they move into higher levels of responsibility is recognizing the value and importance of holistic thinking. I would define holistic thinking as the ability to see the whole picture and to understand the interdependencies of various component parts. I think a good analogy is a jigsaw puzzle. A jigsaw puzzle can be overwhelming if you just have a huge jumbled pile of pieces and try to put them together with no frame of reference or guidance. My daughter loved doing puzzles when she was younger, and from watching her, I’ve learned a few principles that help the puzzle come together faster: Keep the overall goal in front of you (like a picture of the completed puzzle), and review it often. Frame up the borders of the puzzle, by finding the corners and all the straight edge pieces and put those together first. Find patterns by grouping similar puzzle pieces together, such as specific colors which provide a hint they must be c...