Last weekend I was at the new Nike store in Great Mall in Milpitas. I picked up two items – one for me and one for my friend. As the person at the cash register started packing the purchased items, I asked her whether I could have two bags as one of the items was… Continue reading
Date Archives → August 2005
More on mandatory registration systems – BugMeNot
In my earlier life I used to run an eBusiness consulting practice. One of our areas of specialization was personalization. We used to work with partners like Broadvision implementing personalziation solutions. The deal with personalization was simple – give us some information about yourself and we will keep sending you information (and some ads of… Continue reading
Win-win solution for information access at salon.com
When I clicked on a link that directed me to a page on Salon.com I was just hoping that the site won’t ask me to register myself before I was allowed access to the article. What I found there was interesting. One option was to register and get access to information (which most people avoid… Continue reading
MBA and the Fisherman solution
For those of you who are new to this blog, I posted a story challenge a couple of days ago where my request to the readers was to find the flaw in the story. So if you have not read the story yet, please do so here before you read the solution. I want to… Continue reading
Quotes worth recording – David Thomas
We had David Thomas as the TEC speaker in August. It was a pleasure listening to him. One of the quotes that I clearly remember was the one listed below. It is definitely food for thought “We have the strongest opinions on the things that we have the least knowledge of” – David Thomas Please… Continue reading
Quotes worth recording – Kraig Kramers
Picked this up at the TEC meeting today. Shows the importance of speculating multiple options. Most often, we are tempted to do what everybody around us would have done in the situation. It is important to stretch our minds and think through other options. “The two most powerful words in any language are: What If”… Continue reading
Powerful story telling challenge: Harvard MBA and the fisherman
Yesterday I posted about the power of story telling and how it can mislead us. Here is a quick challenge. Here is the story (I am confident that you would have read this story) An American tourist meets a Mexican fisherman resting on the shore. He asks him how long he goes to fish everyday”Not… Continue reading
A brain teaser and why you need to be careful about stories
Here is a classic problem that most of you would have heard from your childhood days Three men go to a restaurant and have dinner. It costs them $30. They pay the bill and continue talking. The manager realizes that he has overcharged them on an item and asks the waiter to give back $5…. Continue reading
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Quotes worth recording – Ben Dean
Picked this quote from a newsletter my friend Pete Schneider (Discover Solutions) sent me. Makes us re-look at our goals and priorities. “True discontent comes from holding onto the same goals that never made us happy in the first place. In other words, true discontent may come from the expectation that MORE money, a bigger… Continue reading