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Teach India Campaign: Ekal Vidyalaya

Ekal Vidyalaya : "A charitable trust that initiates, supports, and runs non-formal one-teacher schools (popularly known as Ekal Vidyalayas) all over the country. With the participation of numerous non-profit trusts and organizations, this program has now become the greatest non-governmental education movement in the country."... READ MORE .

Environment & Wealth News: Profitable & Environmentally responsible business practices

Profitable & Environmentally responsible business practices Recycline believes in striving to "combine socially and environmentally responsible business practices with groundbreaking design to create products that people feel good about having in their homes. We believe that choosing eco-friendly products doesn’t mean having to sacrifice quality, price, or performance." ... READ MORE .

Delhi Book Lovers’ Paradise: Fooled By Randomness

Delhi Book Lovers’ Paradise: Fooled By Randomness : "Book: Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets Author: Nassim Nicholas Taleb, a professional trader, hedge fund manager, mathematics professor, and a philosopher of randomness. Nassim Nicholas Taleb does a great job of elaborating on an important truth of life -"

Institutionalizing Innovation – A Paradox?

Once you have an Idea Bank, you want to expand and build an Idea Generating Factory! Checkout Institutionalizing Innovation – A Paradox? : Innovation involves “Out-of-Box” thinking and institutionalizing innovation is a contradiction of sorts. How does one organize creativity in “process-perfect” (read Quality certified) organizations, inevitable conflict-ridden workplaces and a dynamically changing chaotic market-place? .... The bigger challenge is to be ready for the next "unknown" external threat to business. It is not enough for organizations attempt to anticipate the next “Disruptive Innovation” in the market (and grope in the dark, waiting to get hit). Organizations should themselves take initiative to unleash the next series of “Disruptive Technologies” into the market.

Lateral Thinking

I started off blogging by talking about Edward de Bono's Lateral Thinking - REARRANGEMENT is the BASIS of LATERAL thinking and the mind is NOT trapped by its usual YES or NO to ideas. Instead of saying "Yes" or "No", Bono invites us to say "Po"! The term PO is derived from Provocative operation. The concept allows us to continue thinking forward to a new place in an unencumbered fashion where new ideas may be continually produced. Pretty apt!