Have a Nice Trip to Hyderabad!.
Author: Mike Holland
Originally posted on A Real Housewife of Bangalore:
I just had to share some pictures and a short video of one of the acts during the Christmas pageant at Nirikshea. I hope you enjoy it! They worked so hard and were so proud to be performing for us! They also enjoyed their special Christmas lunch…
Lean Engineer
Originally posted on More Bangalore for Your Buck:
The Cubicle of the Lean Engineer What every business needs: a Lean Engineer. This could be one of two things: A person learned in the art of “Lean” and “Kaizen,” manufacturing disciplines that seek to minimize inventory and WIP (work in process) through techniques like “Just-In-Time” supply…
No Trucks
Originally posted on More Bangalore for Your Buck:
Given a behavior in others that one desires to curb, one can respond in three ways: Prohibit Discourage or Disincentivize Prevent (This is the negative way of looking at the problem, by framing it as behavior to be curbed. For desirable behaviors, of course, the equivalent three…
What it’s all about!
Great to see and hear about the recent Christmas gift giving from BICF to the children of Yuvalok School. How lovely to see the smiles of the 150 children who received those gifts from our friends who are based here in Bangalore but hail from all over the world.
US Education System – “Academically Adrift”?
A quote from Bill Gates’ summer reading list: The most troubling reading I did on vacation was Academically Adrift: Limited Learning on College Campuses, by two sociologists, Richard Arum and Josipa Roksa, who examine the evidence on what college students actually learn. I was surprised how little data there is on this important question. Even more…
McKinsey Study on Global Labour Trends 2010-2030
Implications: High skill – of course, a good place to be, whether in Europe or Asia. Undersupply, and in demand. So you’ll have a job at the very least. Medium skill (whatever that means) – in demand. You’ll have a job, albeit in a competitive, and low remuneration as you’ll be competing in a global…
Days like this….
What a great day – exhausting, hot and sweaty, a little painful to start but this was certainly one of those days to remember. Our friend Chip Kingery was over from the States for the last few months to work with his NGO, ProVision Asia, which provides various services to members of the disabled community….
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