SMEs: Double your Profit without Capital Investment

SMEs: Double your Profit without Capital Investment

“How do you roll-out Quality Improvement in a SME?”. I have been asked this question at various platforms across the country. More recently, I was once again asked this question during the course of my webinar on Performance Excellence. This frequently asked question is undoubtedly 

CREATIVITY: Crucifixion & Resurrection

CREATIVITY: Crucifixion & Resurrection

The most underemployed asset in any organization is the creativity resident in the people. In fact, right-brain creativity has become dormant in most employees. Why? Because in almost all organizations, the reward and recognition systems are very biased towards left-brain logical thinking. This needs correction. 

Mumbai: The capital for potholes and collapsed footbridges

Mumbai: The capital for potholes and collapsed footbridges

For several years, potholes on Mumbai roads have been the focus of social conversation and alarm. Over the years, citizens have learned to accept band-aid solutions to this acute chronic problem. In the next few months, when the  monsoons lash Mumbai, potholes conversation will gather 

NOT Ready. Fire. Aim…BUT Ready. Aim. Fire.

NOT Ready. Fire. Aim…BUT Ready. Aim. Fire.

In the 1960s the subject of Operations Research (OR) was centre stage at every Indian Institute of Technology – Kharagpur, Mumbai, Madras, Delhi, and Kanpur. Every B Tech student aspired to do his/her thesis in OR. A proficient OR thesis served as a visa to 

Quality Students: Employable and Deployable

Quality Students: Employable and Deployable

Students are the deliverables of educational institutions to their customers, namely, organizations. Organizations expect quality students. If students are not “fit for use” (read: not of the expected quality), organizations have to invest in teaching them additional skills. This induction / orientation programme can stretch 

Quality Improvement – A hatchery for Jobs

Quality Improvement – A hatchery for Jobs

Elections are a few weeks away. The burning issue is jobs. More specifically, the lack of jobs. I have a solution for creating new jobs. The solution is no rocket science. Sheer common sense. And to attract the elected new government…it involves no capital investment.