IndianMaze

It is one culture that runs through the organisation. Why not? The leadership is same and they have same policies running across the company. Yes, mostly. Here comes the leadership at a level other than a leader. It is a tale of two newspapers from the same house. For ease I will call these as City News (CN) and City Business News (CBN). CN is the elder sibling by a few decades. So when started CN acted like the big brother and everyone assumed complete protection and support by the elder sibling. Alas, it was not the case. Younger sibling felt being taken for granted and undervalued. One day CBN challenged and decided to walk on own terms. The head of CBN decided, rebelling against the elder sibling, to have its own culture and behaviour. The result has been astounding. CN still runs the roost due to past legacy and still acts as a bully. CBN has set up a new team that is more passionate, customer service oriented, a better product and more disciplined. This young lea...

I was foxed when I was told that the meeting is fixed for "sharp" 10 am. There is nothing sharp about either the meeting or 10 am. Habits die hard and as usual I carried my trusted companion which has helped me retain a cover on my head that helps keeping cool in summer and warmth in winter - a book. Does it matter which book is it? I have read more books by default waiting for 10 am than by design. So it was, meeting started with a cup of tea at noon. Great start, I said to myself. Thankfully the biological needs will drive the meeting to a closure before the scheduled duration of 3 hours. Anyways, lunch at 1 is far more critical. I go into time machine and recount the meaning of time across various trips in parts of our great country. Meet at 10 means - sometime in the morning after mid morning tea and before lunch in the seat of power city - after stock market opens up in a fiercely tea loving "dry" city - planning to take 8.14 fast, reaching at 9.44 and then sh...