• Business Model , Business Thinking , Focused Execution , Industry Problem , Problem Solving , Theory of Constraints ,
• Tags: business model innovation, Control Panel Industry, Diversification, Electrical Industry, Jugaad, Operations Management, Strategy, Vertical Integration
• 13 Mar

Good times or bad times, there is a tendency to jump at every opportunity without doing full justice to a big enough business in hand. Often organizations try to diversify or open up a link to vertical integration at the first sign of constraint in the current business, only to face bad consequences. Diversification, expansion

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• Breakthrough Performance , Business Model , change management , Education , Entrepreneurship , Focused Execution , Managing Growth , Operations , Training ,
• Tags: Business Excellence, business model innovation, Business Transformation, Distribution, entrepreneurship, Execution, Focusing mechanism, Goldman Sachs 10k Women Entrepreneurship Development Program, Leadership, Lean, Management Technique, operation excellence, operations, Process improvement, productivity, supply chain, Sustainable Growth, System Thinking, Theory of Constraints, TQM
• 10 Mar

Professor Ranganathan  (Prof Ranga),  called me a month back and briefed about this interesting inclusive initiative : Goldman Sachs 10K Women Entrepreneurship Development Program. Now into its second year, the program is world’s premier program for providing holistic management perspective to women entrepreneurs. Professor Ranga approached me to be the Resource Person for Operations Management

• Airline Industry , Breakthrough Performance , Business Model , Business Thinking , change management , Industry Problem , Managing Growth , Operations , Organization Transformation , Problem Solving , productivity ,
• Tags: Air India, Airlines, Alfred Angula, BOP, Bottom of the Pyramid, business model, business model innovation, C. K. Prahlad, Easy jet, Economic Times, Gartner, Hype Cycle, india, Indian Aviation Industry, Indigo, Jet Airways, Kingfisher Airlines, Managing Aricrafts, Mohandas Pai, Operating Airline Business, operations, Ramadorai, Ryan air, South West Airlines, Spice Jet, Tata Steel, TCS Story
• 07 Nov

Draft. Also can be dowloaded from Slideshare. “Airlines in India are in turmoil”, this has been now the headlines for over a couple of years now. The argument goes like this: Indian aviation market is one of world’s most expensive one, due to high levies on fuel, (appx 24%) and airport charges, (while the base