Remember why you started your small business in the first place? If you’re like most entrepreneurs, it was because you wanted freedom – to be the master of your own time and most likely to make more money. You wanted to be happier and to do work that you loved. But once a small business takes [...]
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When faced with critical decisions, are you equipped to think critically?
What is critical thinking and how is it helping leaders make better decisions? Leaders make decisions every day based on explicit assumptions and non-emotive, rational processes. Or do they? The latest economic crises highlighted a plethora of bad... Read More
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Survival strategies under uncertainty
On Friday, the 5th of August 2011 the world woke up to a reality that USA has lost its credit rating of triple A. This means that USA is no more the safe haven for investment it always was. The main reason for this credit rating downgrade was the... Read More
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Lessons from Steve Jobs
Steve Jobs resigned as CEO of Apple and became Chairman – a move that was perhaps in the offing due to his illness. In his characteristic simple manner, he said ““I have always said if there ever came a day when I could no longer meet my... Read More
New mantra: Defy the Ladder for an Elevator
Dubai: Life is fast. World is flat. Moreover hard work, smarter and faster steps may deliver you to the door of your dream on the go. Like a computer maven searching for short keys, it is natural in this ubiquitous “degree world” an ambitious student scouring intelligent shortcuts to fast track his career life. So [...]
Riding the Waves of Uncertainty – A Post Modern Marketing Perspective
Contrary to the conventional tradition and due to the Post-Modern twist of this third and most important CMEMP (Council of Middle East Marketing Professionals) event, the review will start from the end. Well, we will walk you reader and co-creator of this text backward in time! Although most will think of marketing as a two [...]
GMBA participants of S P Jain, Dubai, on an industrial visit to Gulf Processing Industries, located at Dubai Investment Park.
GMBA participants of S P Jain, Dubai, had an industrial visit to Gulf Processing Industries, located at Dubai Investment Park. It is a subsidiary of Sharaf group of companies. This trip was specially organized for the marketing cohort so as to facilitate understanding of the manufacturing, processing, packaging and marketing strategies used by Gulf processing. [...]
When faced with critical decisions, are you equipped to think critically?
What is critical thinking and how is it helping leaders make better decisions? Leaders make decisions every day based on explicit assumptions and non-emotive, rational processes. Or do they? The latest economic crises highlighted a plethora of bad decisions, made by well-educated leaders using the best tools and data available. As these decisions are analysed [...]





