My Cousin Charu

Dr. CHARUMATHI (38) W/o C. Satish Kumar, D/o Vasudevachariar, P.G. Teacher, (Sanskrit) Ahobilamath School, W.Mambalam, Expired on 8-10-09. Ph: 24893224.

http://www.hindu.com/2009/10/09/16hdline.htm

Google Sidewiki entry by Raghu

This just rocks !! . Folks dont miss this video

in reference to: About Google Wave (view on Google Sidewiki)

Google Sidewiki entry by Raghu

Nice to see a suite of innovative products

in reference to:

"Infosys wins patent for innovation in system performance and scalability"
- http://images.businessweek.com/ss/09/10/1001_google_apps/2.htm (view on Google Sidewiki)

Google Sidewiki entry by Raghu

Interesting article ,


also now that iam using Google side wiki tool . It is easy to put my thoughts easily and get it published

in reference to:

"Will books be Napsterised?"
- The Hindu : Opinion / Op-Ed : Will books be Napsterised? (view on Google Sidewiki)

Infosys wins patent for innovation in system performance and scalability

Nice to hear that Indian It companies have started moving towards building patents

"http://www.infosys.com/newsroom/features/performance-scalability-patent.asp".

in reference to:

"Infosys wins patent for innovation in system performance and scalability"
- http://www.infosys.com/newsroom/features/performance-scalability-patent.asp (view on Google Sidewiki)

My Birthday Finding :)

I always wondered why Iam like Iam :) ie love Movies , Songs

Refer this site http://hubpages.com/hub/Famous-peoples-Birthdays-for-the-14th-of-June

• Alan White. June 14, 1949. English rock and roll drummer-Band, Yes.

• Bob Murawski. June 14, 1964. American film editor.

• Billie Myers. June 14, 1971. English rock singer-songwriter.

• Chauncey Leopardi. June 14, 1981. American actor.

• Courtney Halverson. June 14, 1989. American actress.

• Chris DeGarmo. June 14, 1963. American metal guitarist.

• David Hutcheson. June 14, 1905. He was an English actor. February 18, 1976---†

• Dolores Palumbo. June 14, 1912. She was an Italian actress. June 30 1984---†

• Faizon Love. June 14, 1968. American actor

• Gil Lamb. June 14, 1904. He was an American actor. November 2, 1995---†

• Gosta Grip. June 14, 1904. She was a Sweden born-American actress. March 26, 1998---†

• Grant Kenny, OAM. June 14, 1963. Australian former Ironman and canoeist.

• Harry Brandelius. June 14, 1910. He was a Swedish singer. September 5, 1994---†

• Jack Pepper. June 14, 1902. He was an American singer, dancer, comedian and musician. April 1, 1979---†

• Jenny Jugo. June 14, 1904. She was an Austrian actress.

• Jim Lea. June 14, 1949. English musician-Band, Slade.

• Joe Grifasi. June 14, 1944. American actor.

• Johannes Claerbout. June 14, 1974, He was an American actor, producer and writer. August 20, 1999---†

• Johannes Marott. June 14, 1917. He was a Danish film actor. November 21, 1985---†

• John Scott Trotter. June 14, 1908, American music director and composer. October 29, 1975---†

• Kevin Michael McHale. June 14, 1988. American singer.

• Kyle Hebert. June 14, 1969. American voice actor.

• Kay Sutton. June 14, 1915. She was an American actress. March 1, 1988---†

• Linda Tran. June 14. American adult film actress.

• Lise Norgaard. June 14, 1917. Danish journalist and writer.

• Louise Henry. June 14,1911. American actress and writer.

• Margaret Bourke-White. June 14, 1904. She was an American photographer and photojournalist. August 27, 1971---†

• MC Ren. June 14, 1969. American rapper and M.C-Group, N.W.A.

• Michael Cade. June 14, 1972. American actor.

• Milton H. Bren. June 14, 1904. He was an American film producer, writer and director. December 14, 1979---†

• Nappy Lamare. June 14, 1905. He was an American jazz banjoist, guitarist and vocalist. May 8, 1988---†

• Nikolai Ekk. June 14, 1902. Russian film director and actor. July 14, 1976---†

• Paul Klinger. June 14, 1907. He was a German actor and film dubber. November 14, 1971---†

• Paul Monash. June 14, 1917. American TV writer, producer and director. January 14, 2003---†

• Pedro Aguilar. {Left pic}June 14, 1927. He was a Puerto Rican dancer. January 13, 2009---†

• Pauline Moore. June 14, 1914. She was a an American actress. December 7, 2001---†

• Peggy Ann Wood. June 14, 1912. English actress. May 30, 1998---†

• Rod Argent. June 14, 1945. English musician-group, The Zombies-Band, Argent.

• Renaldo "Obie" Benson. June 14, 1937. He was an American Bass Singer- The Four Tops. July 1, 2005---†

• Regan Burns. June 14, 1968. American comedian.

• Sam Irvin. June 14, 1956. American film and TV director and producer.

• Sam Wanamaker. June 14, 1919. He was an American film director and actor. December 18, 1993---†

• Shekhar Suman. June 14, 1954. Indian actor.

• Sid Phillips. June 14, 1907. He was an English jazz clarinetist, bandleader, and arranger. May 24, 1973---†

• Simone Eden. June 14, 1970. American model and actress.

• Siobhan Donaghy. June 14, 1984. British singer-Sugababes.

• Svetlana-Ceca Raznatovic. June 14, 1973. Serbian singer.

• Takeo Murata. June 14, 1910. Japanese film writer and director.

• Traylor Howard. June 14, 1966. American actress.

Mahabharat TV serial series : Hindi verson

Finally got all 94 episodes of Mahabharat TV serial 

http://www.rajshri.com/preview.aspx?cntid=34769

Nandan speak in TED

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cYDyMnL4M8&feature=topvideos

web 2.0 sites in India

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshowpics/4524856.cms

Enneagram tool

Enneagram tool: http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/photo.cms?photoid=4451175

strategy articles in Business Line - Hindu

http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/cgi-bin/bl.pl?subclass=611 

Harvard Business Videos in You Tube

Well I found these videos interesting in You tube 

http://www.youtube.com/user/harvardbusiness?blend=4&ob=4 

Innovation :

To build innovation culture

1)  Leaders needs to recognize the changes happening in Industry and think about adapting to change

2) To shift the mindset of organization to bring about innovative change .

To shift mindset of organization 

1) Inject new set of folks that bring different perspective . Freshness in thoughts .

2) Encourage Internal Employess ( Mavericks ) who see opportunities to innovate .

To execute change in organization  for Innovation.

1)  Change Performance Measurement system 

2)  Willingness to Collaborate 

3)  Tolerate Failure 

Creativity is individual effort . Innovation is commercialization of creativity .

Innovation examples 

Google , Ipod , Tata Nano 

Emerging markets are going to be the sources for business model innovation for global companies.

Talk by Dan Ariely: Why we think it's OK to cheat and steal

This speech by Dan Ariely: Why we think it's OK to cheat and steal has amazing insights . Refer the site http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/dan_ariely_on_our_buggy_moral_code.html

And his book on Predictive Irrational http://www.predictablyirrational.com/?page_id=131

About cheating he summarises 

- A lot of people cheat and they cheat by less by little bit.

- when u remind people of morality they cheat less.

- when we get bigger distance from cheating from the object ( say money ) , People cheat more .

-  And when people see cheating around them as part of in group cheating increases

And finally he mentions that we need to test intuitions .

http://itakethevow.com/home

Deepak Chopra Series

http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/video/video.aspx?id=55574

http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/video/video.aspx?id=11068

Me being Geko for a day !!!

I was fascinated by the acting of Michael Douglas in the movie of wall street and thought for a moment if I have to play this role . So I took up the latest scenario of "Satyam fiasco" and me being the largest share holder . Assumption I have more than 12 % stake ( ie higher than L & T ) and my intention is to break Satyam and sell its units so that I capture the value from it. Now I repeat this scene of Wall street movie here

http://in.youtube.com/watch?v=JaKkuJVy2YA&feature=related

where Iam participating in Satyam share holder meeting .

Claps .... I get up pat my Colleague and walk towards the podium where the currentt board members of satyam and senior management are sitting . ....  

I take up the mike on the way

Me : I appreciate the opportunity u are giving me Mr Parikh  as the single largest shareholder in Satyam Computers to speak . ( a small laugh) ... Well Ladies and Gentle Man we are not here to indulge in fantasy but in political and economic reality .

India  has become a third grade country . Its trade deficit and its fiscal deficit are at nightmare proportions .Down in the days of  17th & 18th century our country was a great economic power there was accountability to our society . Our kings built this great country and made sure of it because they had put their wealth  at stake . 

Today management has no stake in the company . Altogether these men ( pointing my finger to all the satyam management team )  sitting up here own less than 3 %  of the company  and where as Mr Raju put his million $ in Maytas. Now Satyam stocks yield  negative % .

You own the company  that is right ( pointing my fingers to the share holders )  u the stock holder , you are all being royally screwed over by these bureau crates (pointing my fingers towards the satyam management team ) with their pay incentives , corporate parties and golden parachutes .

One member from Satyam management team shouts : This is an outrageous  !!!.

I ignore the shout  and continue talking ...

Me : Satyam computers has 33 different Vice presidents each earning over Rs 50 lakhs a year . And I have spent the last few months analysing what all these guys do  and I still cannot figure this out . ( A slight smile in my face ) . One thing I do know is that our IT company ( Satyam ) lost a large deal client account of 300 million $ last year and I will bet that half that was spent in paper work going forth between all these vice presidents ( The account had multiple units of stake ) .

Share holders laugh ... I continue speaking ..

Me : The new law of evolution in corporate India seems to be survival of the unfittest . Well in my book you are doing right or you are eliminated !!. ( pause for few seconds ) 

In last 7 deals I have been involved with there were 2.5 million stock holders who have made a pre -tax profit of 12 billion rupees  ..

Claps from audience .

Me : Thank you . ( claps stops )    Iam not a destroyer of the companies . Iam a liberator of them . The point is ladies and gentle man  that greed , for a lack of better word is good . Greed is right . Greed works. Greed clarifies ,Cuts through and captures the essence of the evolutionary spirit . Greed in all of its forms , Greed for life  , for money ,  for love , knowledge has marked the upward surge for the mankind  and greed  you mark my words will not only save Satyam computers but the other malfunctioning corporation called the India .  Thank you very much .

Heavy clap and whistles from audience as I walk back to sit at my place .

The face of Capitalism

Well , Today being Sunday . I thought let me just surf through the channels in TV . And bingo I saw this movie starting up "The wall street " . In today's scenario with whole wall street going down I thought let me see what this movie about and what the story .....

The link here shows the trailer http://in.youtube.com/watch?v=GfgX9ucq92c&feature=related , so in case u have not seen it it is worth because u see the face , u see the human nature that u rarely faced it . It is worth an experience . 

I always had soft corner for holly wood movies  not for technicals , language etc .... But it brings out human emotions very well and depicts the culture of country that is busy spending other people's money :) 

This movie also reminded me the movie I saw in IIM B  "The other people's money" . So for a change watch both these speeches

Movie : The wall street 

http://in.youtube.com/watch?v=JaKkuJVy2YA&feature=related 

Movie : The other people's money 

http://in.youtube.com/watch?v=MfL7STmWZ1c&feature=related

Also to get the other perspective of the above speech watch this 

http://in.youtube.com/watch?v=Uundu-aPiBQ&feature=related