By Jacob Chandy Varghese I was shocked to receive recently an email from a friend of mine, who is the CSR head of a very large multinational, seeking applications from NGOs for a social activity they wanted to fund and get involved. The ‘charitiness’ of the whole focus of their social activity shocked me! They… read more »
By Jacob Chandy Varghese I read an article in TechCrunch on a topic called ‘Vanity Metrics’, which talks about the metrics many startups use to create an aura about their growth. TechCrunch, has also put the term ‘vanity metric’ in brackets next to the 40Million user claim of Google+ by Larry. Whether that is true… read more »
By Jacob Chandy Varghese I attended a conference on technology and society recently, and was witness to a debate I have heard earlier, about whether there can be a successful business model in the Bottom of the Pyramid markets. The first group believes in the success of social ventures and have various examples of how… read more »
By Jacob Chandy Varghese Malcom Gladwell in his book titled ‘Outliers’ says that the important aspect to success in any field is practice regularly. He goes on to say that those who have practiced 10,000 hours go on to become the masters of the field, which he calls the 10,000 hour rule. He cites examples… read more »
By Jacob Chandy Varghese The Collective Energy of Collaboration: I had a boss who was a Belgian, who was also an excellent sportsperson. He was telling me one day about the team cycling sport which was quite popular in Belgium. The fundamental principle behind team cycling is that of the cyclists being in a very… read more »
By Jacob Chandy Varghese I am given to understand that India has perhaps the highest number of registered NGOs. Now while on one side it is good to see that there is a high focus in India towards development in the social sector, it also would make an individual or an organization who would like… read more »
I was invited by two board members of a large social organization to give a seminar to the Board of Directors. This organization has been doing years of good work among the underprivileged. On asking the context for the seminar, I understood that they had certain organizational efficiency issues and there was hesitation from a… read more »
When I first told some of my friends in the social sector that I am focusing on Execution Excellence they got a little concerned with the word ‘Execution’. To them the only ‘execution’ was what was being discussed in the context of those walking the green mile (death row)! Then on, I changed my parlance… read more »
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