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| Actuating growth |
| Tuesday, September 30, 2008 |
Actuating growth
There was a buzz around and why not?
It was an occasion for the “All-Hands-Meet”. What it essentially meant was – Get to see and hear leadership folks and more importantly, a mandatory break from the work.
Regional director made his foray to the podium and started with some quality jokes in an impressive accent and stage presence that oozed years of expertise in impressing less-learned people and confusing a miniscule group of erudite people.
He welcomed the US-Region Pre-Sales head who landed specially from Massachusetts.
It took Pallav almost a year of practice in solitude to step up from “writing “Massachusetts”” to actually pronouncing it with a comfortable degree of confidence of getting it right in first two attempts.
He was elegant, wore classic black suit, clean shaven, short crop as if ready to serve on the business platter.
He was like an ambience of a famous restaurant which makes it unique, draws customers but in the end it all went down to the fighting, sweating cooks, waiters, chefs to make the food in stinking kitchen and cater their hunger.
He started
“While my last trip to India was truly amazing, I take marveled memories this time as well.”
Pallav who just finished his one year of job and was sufficiently depressed after losing his “savings” (9000 INR) in the Friday night party that was forced upon him on this grandeur occasion, thought: “Now he will talk about traffic.”
I have traveled West coast last month for a proposal of an oil manufacturing company, and the response we got for our proposal was overwhelming”
Pallav tried to understand “West coast” and dropped it as an unnecessary pomegranate to put his knife into.
Proctor started with morale boosters and Junta applauded for themselves.
Pallav moved away to nearby smoking area to smoke, thinking
“ Oh why not- when you have your Project manager seating right next to you barking at all possible occasions and ready to pounce on slightest sign of diversion which he somehow measures from a graph.
The graph is supposed to adjust itself with some data that we put in timetool, how funny. If the foundation is so strong….. “
“Making our presence felt across geographies is the next steps we are mulling over to insulate us from the US economic slowdown and shift out focus in Europe which is now so North America-heavy. Its a privilege to have another arrow in our quiver”
The speech went on. Pallav understood the words but when they gather together, it made no sense to him. He could understand the photons individually but not the light as a whole. He then settled by blaming himself for poor enlightenment.
While few people got haunted by the build they need finish the same day while some perceived this a chance to smoke another cigarette. Some of the girls slid into the conference rooms with their cell phones to celebrate “Happy hours”.
Time for Q & A:
Scholar1 : “ Hey Proctor, Welcome to India, so what has been your “astounding” moment during this trip.
Junta: Laughter Laughter!!
Proctor: Seeing cows breaking the signal along with pedestrians.
Junta: Laughter Laughter!!
Scholar 2: We have seen a long history of shifting our focus to service to specialized domain expertise. Are we planning to erect another vertical for domain excellence?
Proctor: We have our laid out principles which have served us good so far.
While there is definite change in the business demography over couple of years, Wexeen and the BOD are waiting for the stabilization period where focus on people is targeted after the business goals are perceived as degree of excellence.
Does that answer your question?
Scholar 2: Ye, it does thanks.
Junta: Silence.
Common Man: For the next appraisals, do we see rating 2 people get a substantial hike?
The arena attained its critical nadir of silence. There was one mouth and 2* hundreds of ears.
Proctor: The season had begun. Smile. Of course, opportunities are all the way. We have seen continued improvement in our process. I want you all to understand the performance ranking is “relative” and rating 2 is a “Job well done”!
Junta: Drop the jar, break the spell, permeate the silence, defrost the body!
Pallav has been practicing the line for last 10 min separating himself out of world around him. He should not falter and sound learned at the same time.
Pallav: Hi Proctor, Pallav from Content Management practice.
I wanted to ask you if we do promote ourselves as consultancy giants over billboards so proudly, how does that reflect in our proposals and sales deal. If the client is persisting with time tested products- will it be wise to advice on better and cheaper products which might shake their system for a short interval but promises rich dividends in the long run?
Proctor: Good question, Sorry your name?
Pallav: “Pallav Shashtri” - as confident as he has ever been. After all it's his name, his forte.
Proctor: Pallav, business has been our strong hold and we do project and advice them on what we think is best for them, right from the time we get the projects in Pipeline till we actually win it. We do focus on the best methodologies to solve the business requirement.
But when it comes down to execution we stick to the plan.
In the end, business is the best driver of the business. Does that answer it?
Scholars: Developer’s question scorn.
Junta: Now who is this new one?
Pallav: Yes, yes, thank you.
Mission accomplished -- “Asking right question at the right time.”
-Never mind
-DLabels: Supposed to be cheap Humor |
posted by Dheeraj @ 9:32 PM   |
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| Bollywood Raging |
| Monday, September 15, 2008 |
Welcome New Age Bollywood.!!!
Time to get over SRK bare bodies, Ranbir Kapoor's Towels, Akshay-Katerina's basi-scratchy-expired masala.
Past few weeks hasbeen a treat for movie-goers. Now we have a choice, not a Hobson's choice.
Rock On, Mumbai meri Jaan, A wednesday- Watch them and understand my interpretation.
These movies are different, healing, refreshing rocking. A Wednesday is in league of the best Hollywood thrillers. Rock on is a league apart, MMJ is a "story just said" and how.
Bollywood is talking passion, grit, risks, adventure and excitingly keeping the best of Bollywood intact and not letting popularism contaminate the forward-looking movie-making.
Rock On [\m/]
Performance: Think of water just flown, easy going, effortless, natural.
HighLights: Passion, theme, acting, Farhan Akhtar brand(FRK? ) :) , Arjun Rampal foray to the podium, Music.
Rating: 4.1/5 (Don't Blame me for bias)
MMJ
Performance: High quality.
HighLights: Story Telling, Actings(Irfan Khan, Paresh Rawal(Long time, mate), Perspective, Dialogues
Rating: 3.5/5
A Wednesday
Performance: Powerful, but so obvious- Naseerudin Shah (NSR? ) :) & Anupam Kher
HighLights: Jimmi Shergil , Naseerudin Shah,Anupam Kher, Thrill, No-nonsense approach, screenplay,editing.
Rating: 4/5
If you spend money in seeing actresses dancing around in hero's reverie just to fit in a popular song, if you do care to watch Bruce Almighty's Bollywood remake, if you don't get fatigued watching movies, 100 letter strong- titled after old Song titles which can only be spelt in abbreviations, if you still think romance and love story is all Bollywood can offer you- be elated to be proven wrong.
Hail the league of extra ordinary gentlemen- FRK, Neeraj Pandey,Nishikant Kamat, Abhishek Kapoor!
-DheerajLabels: Reviews |
| posted by Dheeraj @ 11:06 PM |
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