(via Karl Rodrigues, former colleague at Intel, ex-Intel Capital, Security Guru) From an Australian perspective, there appears to be two trends: 1. Cost of Provision – or parity between Australia and India on current levels 2. Differentiation – or perceived lack thereof of service capability or quality That is, in Cost, it appears that current [...]
Archive for February, 2007
Opinion from Australia, On the Indian Services Game
Posted in Uncategorized on February 27, 2007 | 1 Comment »
What is a Good Education ?
Posted in Uncategorized, wisdom on February 18, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Many seek information via Google and believe they have access to knowledge and are wise. A former colleague used to demonstrate his son as a smart egg making him respond with the capital, for every country. The child was doing nothing but mapping data. Google search is nothing but a tool to seek information. How [...]
The Brick Master from Kerala
Posted in Uncategorized on February 11, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Who is Laurie Baker ? One fighting India’s rush to resemble the West by making beautiful buildings out of sustainable materials — recycled bottles, clamshells, and mud. Use local mud not more than 5 km away, use local stabilizers, — “to make it stick together, to act as a sort of glue or binder. There [...]
Slow Down Culture : The Swedish View on Life
Posted in wisdom on February 9, 2007 | 13 Comments »
(via Sunil) An interesting reflection: Slow Down Culture, It’s been 18 years since I joined Volvo, a Swedish company. Working forthem has proven to be an interesting experience. Any project here takes 2 years to be finalized, even if the idea is simple and brilliant. It’s a rule. Globalize processes have caused in us (all [...]