The best ideas do not follow a hierarchy. As much as a great idea can come from the top, it can also come from the bottom. The companies that truly become better overtime are the ones that listen to their employees. Sometimes the best feedback you can get on a product or a service is…
Month: May 2012
Media's influence on perception of athletes
I love watching sports. How the media presents a certain sport and its athletes certainly influences its viewers on how they perceive the two. As an avid basketball fan, I love watching the NBA and NCAA games. Recently I watched The Crossover: Genealogy of one of Basketball’s Most Vicious Moves on The New York Times…
Overvaluation of experience
Experience matters to a certain degree. In business there is a lot of value placed on experience than education. I believe that an efficient hiring process is still not part of many businesses. What you put on a resume makes a lot of difference and careful selection of words and sentences helps you get into…
Waiting to execute
A lot of great ideas never see the light of day. This can happen for myriad reasons. Sometimes its the management that takes too much time understanding the idea, at other times it stays in the pipeline for a perfect execution. Yet companies succeed and fail depending on the idea’s execution. So if you…
Intuition
Intuition is a key trait in business and in personal life. Sometimes you just know that something is right or something is wrong. You just have that feeling inside of you. When you factor in intuition in your decision making, it creates wonders. A lot of times people make decisions hastily or after much thorough…
Nepali: A TV Blog
“Nepali” is a television programme that deals with all things Nepali. It talks about the broader scope of the Nepali identity, and how these different identities connect us as a people. – YouTube promo of Nepali TV blog This past Thursday evening, I sat down with Yubakar Raj Rajkarnikar at Parakhi’s office. I heard about Yubakar’s…