Haier CEO Zhang Ruimin: Challenge yourself, overcome yourself
CEO Zhang Ruimin transformed a bankrupt appliance manufacturer into a respectable brand, and is disrupting Haier again.
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Haier is disrupting itself - before someone else does
By turning itself into an internet-based platform company, Haier is doing something that has no precedents anywhere in the world. Can it pull off this audacious plan?
Honey I shrunk your bank branch
Banks are sitting on a powder keg. Their business models are likely to be blown to bits if they choose to wait out for the digital disruption to gather steam.
Volkswagen: The Difficulty of Being Good and the Ease of Being a Cheat
What the Volkswagen saga is telling us is this: We may get away with cheating for some time because of our good reputation. But we will get caught and the repercussions can be terrible
Alternatives to the annual performance review
Companies are abandoning the age-old tradition of the annual performance review. What can possibly replace it?
The narrow exit road for India's billion-dollar start-ups
For e-commerce poster boys Flipkart and Snapdeal, their valuations sound unsustainable; IPO looks neither feasible nor sensible; and the Chinese may be the only ones with money and intent to invest further
The moral imperatives to a lie
Contemporary wisdom has it that any lie is offensive. But is it? As Krishna argues so lucidly in the Mahabharata, reasons exist to lie
Frustrated freedoms: When aspirations collide with realities
There's increasing tension within Indian society and a growing sense of unfairness. Those with resources - capital, education or political connections - become very wealthy, while others wait for 'ache din'
These are the best days of my life
Indulge. Find purpose and your True North. Become an entrepreneur. And fall in love with life all over again
Firing the Annual Performance Review
Why the annual performance review is finally getting the pink slip. The first of a two-part article