Know Thy Stupidity: Journey From Mount Stupid to Mount Wisdom

Stupidity

There’s an old saying that a chain is no stronger than its weakest link. When we talk about the entire planetary ecosystem, human stupidity is the most important constraint in the way of sustainable progress. Stupidity is a pervasive human condition because we are fundamentally stupid creatures. And unlike intelligence, stupidity knows no bounds. So here I present an animated discussion about the tyranny of the bounded rationality and the unbounded stupidity. This witty conversation between Santa Singh and Banta Singh is about the past, the present and the future of mankind.

The Grey Ocean Strategy: Leapfrogging Beyond All Conventions

Business Strategy

The art of designing business strategy is also about discovering the vast grey ocean which lies hidden somewhere between the red and the blue ocean. There actually exist myriad ways of doing business beyond the ordinary; however, it’s quite difficult to fathom their existence without using your sixth sense. To implement it in life and business, one needs to have a grey ocean mindset. Here’s the lowdown on the grey ocean strategy.

How to Measure Business Heights?

Business Heights

Height means measurement of something from base to top. It also means extreme or ultimate of something. For example, the height of heights is Hillary on Tenzing and Tenzing on Mount Everest. Corporations are scaling new business heights with each passing day. The point is not how do they climb and reach those dizzying heights, but rather how can we reliably measure it. That’s a silly question. Isn’t it? No, it’s not.

Business Strategy: Swimming in a Blue Ocean

Blue ocean Strategy

Business is no fun but humour is a serious business. Just ask Scott Adams, the creator of the Dilbert comic script. Dilbert teaches us practical business wisdom through humour which no business school can match. Needless to say, humor is the most effective tool to convey an idea that is otherwise difficult to express. So, here’s a fun way to learn the art of swimming in a blue ocean: