Letting Go by Atul Gawande
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Ideas
Steve Jobs
The news of Steve Jobs’ death was expected but not so soon. I have been in a state of shock the past few hours. It’s almost like I knew him. Feels like he wa...
Infographics
I think infographics are a really cool way of communicating great ideas. This art (or science) has been prevalent amongst the designer community for a long t...
Visualization
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Facebook, their privacy issues and all
I am really trying to understand whether Facebook is an evil empire. There have been numerous reports, and lawsuits alleging FB of inappropriately using pers...
Solar Lanterns Bring Light to Rural India
I am happy to see this step in the positive direction from an Indian company which makes solar lanterns. It’s a classic example of Michael Porter’s competiti...
TED India - SixthSense Technology Presentation
Earlier this month TED held their conference in India – TED India. I happened to view this presentation by Pranav Mistry from the MIT Media Lab. The vision h...
Perspectives on Aging
I have spent a good part of this year and last researching challenges and opportunities in healthcare. There are many challenges and even more opportunities....
Global Fertility Rates vs Wealth
This Economist video visually illustrates how fertility rates will stabilize to the “replacement rate” (around 2) as countries get richer. Take a look at how...
Animation: The Geography of Jobs - TIP Strategies
The following is a wonderful animation of job losses in the Unites States starting the year 2004. Press the PLAY button to see what happens Q1 2009… Wow!<...
United States of Europe? – Lisbon Treaty (one year later)
Last year, we watched the Irish go through a referendum on the Lisbon Treaty. Read: The EU Dream - A setback. At that time, they rejected it. However, now t...
The Online Education Revolution
This is an interesting post about perspectives from the President of Thunderbird - School of Global Management (my alma mater)… I think the MIT Open Coursewa...
Malcolm Gladwell speaking with Fareed Zakaria on GPS
Fareed Zakaria brings on highly influential guests on his wonderful show called GPS (“Global Public Square”). I truly enjoy his show. Watch this clip from CN...
Visualization
I have long been a fan of Edward Tufte. Love his work, go to Edward Tufte’s Web Site and check it out yourself. Enjoy the Visualization Magazine below. How ...
Neil DeGrasse Tyson: Death by Black Hole
Ever heard of spaghettification… well, for that and other unglamorous ways of going out… watch this video:<p>[Original Flash video/media embed no long...
EMBA Wall Street Journal Ranking
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TED Conference
A friend of mine shared the TED.com web site with me. I’ve been hooked on to it for a few days now. Check out this one from Stephen Hawking:<iframe src="h...
FT.com Business School
The Financial Times has produced great videos on their web site. <iframe marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" src="http://www.ft.com/cms/a5dd621a-e39d-11dc-87...
Personal Productivity
A friend of mine recommended I should read David Allen’s book “Getting Things DONE”. So I went to the Barnes and Noble bookstore and picked up a copy. I alre...