It is not too often that I would think of writing a blog article about something I do not know much, if anything, about. However, watching the videos you are about to see, one cannot even begin to fully comprehend long-term implications of this revolutionary fuel-cell technology called “Bloom Energy” (and of similar other competing technologies that are sure to come up). Right off the bat, as an FYI, I have no vested interest in this technology or the company. This disruptive ...
Updated July 21st, 2010 at 11:16 PM by Dhananjay
The contrast between Obama administration's response to British Petroleum's oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico and that of Rajiv & Sonia Gandhi and Congress party to the Bhopal tragedy (since 1984 & now) is reflective of their respective value systems, standards and approach to governance. Severity of Tragedy - BP's oil leak started on April 20, 2010 with an explosion that killed 11 workers (they were never found). The Bhopal gas leak happened around midnight on December ...
Updated July 4th, 2010 at 06:36 AM by Dhananjay
You may have read that Prof. CK Prahalad passed away last week (April 16th, 2010). If there was one Indian strategic thinker, for that matter one management Guru, who had the most impact on the contemporary evolution of management philosophy in the past 30+ years, it was clearly Prof. CK Prahalad. He was also the inspirational force behind the India@75 initiative (more details here & here). He gave the management world concepts, such as, core competence, fortune at the bottom of the pyramid, ...
Updated April 26th, 2010 at 07:19 PM by Dhananjay
Now that Gujarat Governor Dr. Kamala Beniwal has returned the "Gujarat Local Authorities Laws (Amendment) Bill-2009" to the state government for re-review, Media Goebbels of India (mainstream English media) have again had a field day badmouthing Narendra Modi and the mandatory voting provisions of this law. In a previous blog post on this subject titled "Mandatory Voting - Idea and its Implications" I have explained the benefits of such a law and made ...
Updated April 26th, 2010 at 10:33 AM by Dhananjay
- The Media Goebbels of India have again perpetrated falsehoods with the summoning of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi by the Supreme Court appointed Special Investigation Team (SIT). This series of articles takes a fresh look at some pertinent facts of Godhra carnage & riots that followed. In Part 1, we took a high level look at the early response of the Gujarat Government. In this Part 2, we will take a detailed look at Gujarat Government’s response in the first few ...
Updated April 19th, 2010 at 10:49 AM by Dhananjay