Category: Books
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Talpiot – Israel’s super school for military tech – lessons in sustainable innovation
Talpiot – the Super School I have always wondered how has Israel, given its challenges, managed to position itself as a leader in cutting-edge military tech. And it seems the answer lied in the months and years that followed Yom Kippur War. Specifically the creation of the Talpiot Program within the IDF. I just chanced…
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Why so serious ! Need for humor at work
This happened yesterday – We settled down for a discussion first thing in the morning and a colleague says- smile guys, its a good day! But, it was a spirited discussion . And the smiles quickly vanished. We shared our views and debated. And I realised I was talking with a lot of emotional energy. I told myself,…
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Marshmallow Test and Insurance Marketing
I spent the last week reading up “The Marshmallow Test by Walter Mischel”. And while the book is a fascinating summary of key findings (and some of its applications) from Walters more than three decades of research, I found some of it is relevant for how we look at Insurance Marketing and Sales. What is…
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Lessons from “David & Goliath” by Malcolm Gladwell
“David and Goliath – Underdogs, Misfits and the art of battling giants” is the new book from Malcolm Gladwell which is based on the premise that maybe we have all been looking at the David and Goliath story completely wrong. Gladwell starts by discussing specific details from the Biblical story to build the case that…
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What the dog saw – Malcolm Gladwell
When my cuz mentioned about this Gladwell book, my first reaction was why the funny title. It seems the title is inspired from Gladwell’s efforts to get inside the other party’s head. He talks about the ‘Dog Whisperer’ the guy with the magical effect on unruly dogs, and wonders how it would be to decode…
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Leadership Lessons from Making of India – Book by Ranbir Vohra
It was quite some time back that I read the book – Making of India – by Ranbir Vohra. This was December 2006 and I had a habit of taking notes from any book that I read. Sometimes even movies. So what you read below are my interpretations of the historical narration of India’s journey…
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The Code Book by Simon Singh
The Code Book – is a short history of mankind’s journey to be able to transmit messages secretly. Its a very well researched compilation of what were the pre-cursors to the modern technology field that we call as encryptology. I found some of the examples really interesting: Amongst the first ways to send coded messages…
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Could “Gods” be aliens
I had heard a lot about Chariots of the Gods and finally managed to read it, inspite of the bad print. The whole book is based on one premise – Is there a possibility that the beings we refer to as gods and who have been talked about in various mythologies, be in fact aliens…
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The Winning Way by Harsha and Anita Bhogle – Summary
I have tried to be a keen sportsman and strongly believe that one can learn a lot by playing sports. It teaches you how to lose, how to come back and fight. One learns that sometimes you play to win and what it takes to build a real team. Reading Harsha & Anita Bhogle’s the Winning Way…