Shankar Ananth Asokan

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  • The Power of ‘Charm’

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    “But charm is more valuable than beauty. You can resist beauty, but you can’t resist charm.” – Irene (Hors De Prix) Very powerful is ‘charm’ that it tends to bias people against rational decisions. Throughout history men who were charming got more public recognition and rewards than men who really performed. And charm is not…

  • Workflow’s Children

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    There is a scene in the movie ‘Up in the Air’ where an executive would be creating a business process workflow to fire an employee. The intension of creating it was that any dumb person can get to do that just by following the workflow. Funny it may be, but that is how life and…

  • Blink!

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    If you rewind life’s experiences you would note that most decisions are made at minimal time rather than planned and informed decision. While some attribute it to luck and some to experience Malcolm Gladwell attributes it to what he calls ‘Thin Slicing’: our ability to gauge what is really important from a very narrow period…