The co-founder and CEO of NETFLIX, Reed Hastings and acclaimed business author Erin Meyer blow open the lid on an unusual and unique workplace culture that permeates the DNA of one of the world’s most successful entertainment companies. After Ricardo Semler’s groundbreaking memoir “Maverick”, that more than merely raised eyebrows with its sensational disclosure of … Continue reading No Rules Rules: NETFLIX and the Culture of Reinvention – Reed Hastings & Erin Meyer
Month: December 2020
Capitalist Leeches
Like ugly leeches latching on to susceptible legs, satiating their appetite Displaying neither manners nor etiquette and being irritatingly trite Respecting neither privacy of time nor the fact that it is a bloody holiday Abusing channels of communication just so they can have their way When will these idiots understand what they are doing isn't … Continue reading Capitalist Leeches
Don Quixote’s Regret
(Image Credit: Crispina Kemp) In an alternate universe, Don Quixote, oblivious to the pleadings of Sancho Panza would have made a full tilt at the windmills, sitting astride his grumpy steed Rocinante. Even for the Quixotic character such a move would have posed a challenge due to the location of the windmills. It would not … Continue reading Don Quixote’s Regret
Be Lazy
Arranging conference calls with a frenzy hitherto unseen To plunging headlong into a vortex everyone seems so keen Not even taking a reflective breath or even just a pause Ah! the mighty warriors and their cudgels of a corporate cause Might just help looking at the word languid Am a changed man since the time … Continue reading Be Lazy
Taken
Drowned in her laughter, I am transported into a different world To her charms and elegance I am completely sold Over frothing mugs of beer we spend hours totally oblivious to the mundane In an insane Planet we are the only two who are sane However there is one niggle that can never be overcome … Continue reading Taken
The Shallows: What The Internet is doing to our Brains – Nicholas Carr
This is a book that I have finished reading 8 years later than when I should preferably have. But as is the case with wisdom, good habits, realisation, and love, better late than never. “The Shallows”, (a Pulitzer Prize Finalist), penned by acclaimed author, Nicholas Carr, issues a wakeup call that is timely, topical and … Continue reading The Shallows: What The Internet is doing to our Brains – Nicholas Carr
His Sunflower
He called her his sunflower and not just for the brightness she brought to him Humble, gentle, understanding and wise she knew his every quixotic whim (Word Count: 26) Sammi Cox Weekend Writing Prompt #186
Devarillada Gudi – Beechi
The late Rayasam Bheemasena Rao, popularly known by the nom de plume of “BeeChi”, (he preferred to employ his pen name in the bilingual and thus it was ಬೀchi), was a famous Kannada humourist. He was referred to as the George Bernard Shaw of Karnataka. A blend of satirical humour and philosophical musings is the … Continue reading Devarillada Gudi – Beechi
Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life – Anne Lamott
When it comes to books, I have two uncompromising rules: no page gets dog eared, and there is no marking the pages. Recently I read “Bird by Bird”, by Anne Lamott, a past recipient of a Guggenheim, former book review columnist for Mademoiselle, and restaurant critic for California magazine. I still do not dog ear … Continue reading Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life – Anne Lamott