Steve Shu on Facilitation

Steve does a tremendous job of explaining facilition techniques for all the laymen here.
I couldnt have said it better myself - a good facilitator, to paraphrase my mentor, makes the client think it was his own idea rather than the "consultant" idea. It is being able to communicate effectively enough to to make the client request permission to call it their own and keep calling you back.
Great article and more to come.

What is a vacation?

This January, I have been out and about the world quite a bit and I wonder if this really is a "vacation" as much as a frenzied travel adventure; nonetheless, I enjoyed it thoroughly and heck, that makes it a vacation!
Destinations :::::: houston, san fran, tokyo, kyoto, tokyo, singapore, bombay, chennai, small-towns across south india, chennai, bombay, delhi, bombay, chennai, bombay, singapore, tokyo, san fran, houston

The better modes of travel were: Shinkasen (train tokyo to Kyoto); singapore airlines (gosh what service and the flight stewardesses are awesome!); Indigo Air (Indian Budget carrier bombay-delhi)
The crappy ones - United flight (San fran-tokyo- San Fran -- old 747-400s with no entertainment); Go Air (Smelly and dirty indian budget carrier)

Highlight of the trip --- Tokyo automatic parking!! video-to follow.

Value of an MBA

Some interesting contrasting views on the value of an MBA!
NY Times vs WSJ!!

Life in different cities!

When i consider my choices and places to live in...
I went with the job that I loved the most - I would not say that I like the place too much - to paraphase a comparison from (Bos/SF/Lon/NY) to where I live:
From a historic city with a gorgeous diverse populace in a thriving walking metro and a melting pot of cultures, to a static, money-oil-driven collection of concrete with a lack of a coherent populace and disjoint societies?


Oh well - it is not that bad but it does make you wonder!!!

MillenialsRus

Are we part of this crazy new revolution or are we just normal kids?

What is the true calling of a nation?

What is the true measure of progress and how can you call a country developed/developing when others look at our insights while we ignore the very same?

Travel ^ Travel

CareerJournal | Have Advice, Will Travel: Running A 'Virtual' Company on the Fly

Consulting life is sometime bizarre and Entirely on the road. Accenture takes this idea to the extreme!

wharton is still good - despite what the new yorker said earlier!

At Wharton, It's Downshift to Accelerate

backup of backup of...

Redundancy in life is key for me:
I am not one to take a massive risk without a fall-back or failsafe.
Here was my heirarchy for post-high school: US top tier, UK top tier, US tier 2, UK tier 2, India tier 2, India tier 3, redo!
Then it got refined after 3.5 years at UT Austin to become (for graduation)
post graduation plans (business- consulting=#1... engineering consulting #2, backup grad school #2.5(if top tier) Engineering general #3, Boring Engineering #4, backup extra sem in school #5, backup extra year out of school searching for job #6, backup grad school #7 (rank 5-15) , + back up Singapore work #8, back up India - school/work #9)

Then now, as the H-1 B visa junk starts to show up,
If for some reason, I don't get it:
best case, i work in UK at the office there,
2nd, i might go work in Bahrain,
3rd might go to some other country with same firm
4th off to some other country with different firm....
5th just go to grad school after chilling at home for a while.
6th start something entrepreneurial.
Phew... enough redundancy?
;)
I wonder if others do the same with their lives?

[IP] Is Wharton Ruining American Business?

Interesting things to muse about - what is the point of business school and how do you make sure you DONT become a drone to the corporate world?


[IP] Is Wharton Ruining American Business?

consulting - good and the bad

The Good and the Bad of consulting.
What are your views?
I am in it to see what it is like and see what I can learn . More to follow...

Introductions n more

To all my non-existent readers!
This is a blog to give purpose to spending hours and hours online.
I just graduated with a Mechanical Engineering Degree and am working in Strategy Consulting.
More to Come

If you cant baffle them with your brilliance,
Dazzle them with your bullshit