Archive for December, 2006
State of business air travel: pre Kingfisher
Jet Airways (9W) ruled the roost. Period. Shahara with its blatantly bad service and lack of punctuality was hardly a competition. State run Indian Airlines (IC) was really the second best. Almost all business travellers would travel on Jet Airways as first preference. The few I knew who preferred Indian Airlines prefeered it for its [...]
Airlines Comparison Series
I fly both Jet and Kingfisher quite regularly and also have heard a lot from other frequent travelers. A conversation today at Chennai lounge reminded me that even many frequent travelers (he has a platinum on Jet), do not have a good understanding of the pros and cons of the two airlines. So here is [...]
Barcamp Pune
Continuing with my Barcamp pilgrimages, I attended the BarCamp Pune this weekend. I came in weary from extensive travel over the past 2 weeks and was rejuvenated with the infectious energy at the camp. We had over 90 people attending three parallel sessions. There were also many enthu volunteers from Symbiosis managing the show and [...]
Barcamp Delhi 2
I’m at the second BarCamp Delhi. As usual, gyan sessions are boring. Deep tech/product demos are interesting. Discussions start. I guess it has simply to do with the fact that insights/new thoughts make one think and thats where the connection is made.
Importance of mental models in Innovation
My own discussion at Barcamp was centered around Innovation in large IT services firms such as TCS. A bulk of the audience had exposure to IT Services but almost no one believed that there was any innovation in the large IT Services firms. It was a free flowing discussion where I wanted to hear as [...]