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Stevey plays against Billy boy again. Bill Gates of Microsoft fame and Steve Jobs of Apple fame face off for the second time, enlisting Halo’s Master Chief and Justin Long as back up. Seriously, between Apple and Microsoft, Innovation in new products has always been a race for eternity. So who will win this long battle?
Watch out for this battle of Titans, which is bound to capture the fancies of all technocrats!
Will it be Apple, or Will it be Microsoft? Who wins the battle of the titans? Check out this humorous cartoon on Steve Jobs vs Bill Gates.
David Garvin, Harvard Business School professor, explains why today business education is at a crossroads. Is MBA only a platform for launching a student, or is there a need to provide something different for the students.Should business schools start preparing students on other finer aspects of life like skills and responsibilities? What is missing in our educational system.
Growth has been always competitive in already developed markets. So for sustainable growth, emergent markets are being targeted by all MNCs. Krishna Palepu, Harvard Business School Dean, explains how multinationals and local companies can win in emerging markets. Check out this fascinating video.
While embarking on an entrepreneurship plan, often leaders are at a loss to make their dreams a reality. To simultaneously think about market structure, short term tactics, long term strategy, financing model, marketing etc takes the attention away. But what often one misses is how one interacts with others on the team. So an entrepreneur often sets a culture without knowing it. So what can a entrepreneur do to positively create this culture for the long term benefit of the company in these formative days, and what should he be careful not to do to negatively impact the culture? Check out what this Stanford Lecturer has to say on this aspect.
Jim Ellis talks about the elements of a successful business plan as well as common mistakes related to its development and use. He clarifies how one should look at a business plan, and what it can actually help to accomplish. Check out this inspirational video to know more on how you should plan your business.
Walter Kiechel, from Harvard Business School, talks about the impact that business consultants and academicians can have on your bottom line. A must watch video for all entrepreneurs, management practitioners and business enthusiasts.
Randy Pausch talks about time management, a crucial success factor. Listen to this inspiring lecture by the Carnegie Mellon professor, on how you can do so much more with your time.
Today, the dynamics of marketing are changing as rapidly than most marketers are comfortable about. Just a few days ago, the focus shifted from a transactional viewpoint to relationship marketing. Today the dynamics are again slowly shifting from relationship marketing to database marketing. Check out what the marketing guru Philip Kotler of Kellogg School of Management says about how understanding this change in dynamics will be crucial for senior managers of MNCs.
Randy Pausch from Carnegie Mellon university, is one person the world will miss. Professor Randy Pausch (Oct. 23, 1960 – July 25, 2008) gave his last lecture at the university Sept. 18, 2007, before a packed McConomy Auditorium. In his moving presentation, “Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams,” Pausch talked about his lessons learned and gave advice to students on how to achieve their own career and personal goals.
Competitive management style is the least popular among the many leadership styles. The person who is a competitive style leader is more difficult for most people to work under. This particular style is extremely commanding and demanding. Learn why competitive style is often ineffective from the communications and public speaking expert Tracy Goodwin in this video.
Collaborative management style is all about settling conflict. Today conflict management is becoming very crucial as organizations have grown to mammoth sizes. Learn more about collaborative management style from communications and public speaking expert Tracy Goodwin in this video.
Dr. Darryl Cross is a professional Clinical Psychologist who talks about how to optimize time management. Today, time means money, and a most valuable resource. A must see for all professionals, who face a time crunch. Check this out.
A simple video, which speaks so much on how even small things can be a source for motivation for employees. Check this out.
Ric gives his insights on what is motivation. Check it out. It may change your life.
When Jack Canfield talks about perseverance, he speaks from experience. His best-selling Chicken Soup for the Soul series was rejected by hundreds of publishers before going on to sell over 100 million copies, a bestseller by its own right. He’s been a teacher, facilitator, and psychotherapist. His seminars and trainings have touched millions of individuals from welfare recipients to corporate leaders. Check out this video.
Mr. Johnny Earle’s lecture series will tell the story of just exactly how he turned a simple idea into a multi-million dollar business using nontraditional methods. Check this out.
Check out how Dr. Yoram Bauman gives a humorous insight to what economics is. He gives entertaining insights while entertaininig the audience, throughout the lecture. How difficult is that? Way to go Dr. Bauman, we love the way you present theory. Wish every class could be as entertaining also.
Did you know that CCDVTP stands for “create, communicate, deliver the value to the target market at a profit”. Its the new mantra of marketing. Check out the insights by Philip Kotler from Kellogg Business School.
This is a presentation on strategy facilitation and consulting by a global team of consultants. Understanding the barriers that inhibit successful business strategy planning is crucial for the growth of your business. Check out this video which provides such deep insights on effective strategic planning.
In their rare joint appearance at All Things Digital 5, Steve Jobs and Bill Gates discuss their contributions to the technology industry, the qualities they most respect in one another. Check out this inspiring video which speaks so much more than the participants do. Watch the videos in sequence to watch the complete interview.
Strategic planning is a firm’s internal process of defining its strategy, or direction, and making decisions on allocating its resources to pursue this strategy, including its capital and people. Check out how senior consultant James McCarthy describes effective strategic planning.
This video is an interview with Daniel Goleman, outstanding psychologist, Harvard Business Publishing. See how you can use emotional and social intelligence to improve your own and your organization’s performance. How social and emotional intelligence vary with degrees of success amongst leaders.
Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz (“Globalization and Its Discontents”) talks about why GDP is not always suitable for use as a measurement for economic well being.
Joseph Stiglitz was chief economist at the World Bank until January 2000. Before that he was the chairman of President Clinton’s Council of Economic Advisers. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in economics in 2001. He is currently a finance and economics professor at Columbia University.
During economic turbulence, it is important for a company to view it as both an opportunity and a danger. Sometimes it is a bad idea to cut costs across the board. Marketing prodigy Kotler advices to stop cutting the budget that creates sales and gives tips on how to measure the marketing spend with non-direct marketing. So what should companies do during a financial meltdown?
The history of IBM retold in a 3 minute video. Learn the story behind the largest technology company of this world.
What is strategy? Check out these excellent insights by the Strategy Guru, Michael Porter
This video gives a 6 minute insight on what marketing is all about. The details of what creates these discipline a wonder to study and practice.