When intuition outsmarts rationality
In October 2001, a fire crew was fighting a fire in a disused bingo hall in Leicester in the UK. Even though it was big, the fire chief decided it was safe enough to send the crew into the building....
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A school with just skype and biometrics
This is no modern school. It doesn’t even have a building or even electricity. Typical of many schools in Bihar, it doesn’t even have teachers. But under such daunting circumstances a new experiment in...
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Gates and Jobs differ on education
Bill Gates and Steve Jobs are ideological opposites. Their ideological differences have made the computing industry richer. Surprisingly their views differ widely even on an area of education as can...
View ArticleDoes India need so many MBA schools?
India has over 3000 business schools and most of them are of questionable quality. This is about three times the number of business schools that exist in the U.S. and the difference becomes stark when...
View ArticleThe true value of a MBA education
A good friend of mine sent me this link which questions the value of not just MBA education but the value of higher education in general. and asked for my comments. Despite having had a MBA and being a...
View ArticleThe Indian B-school shakeout has begun
I wrote about the possible shakeout for B-schools which confer dubious MBA degrees on students here. During my recent month long break in India, I had the opportunity to visit a few business schools...
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The trouble with the Indian MBA education
My earlier post on the shakeout of Business schools in India created a fair bit of controversy in a couple of online forums. I was drawn to a very interesting piece on What they don’t teach you at...
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