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the power of being positively doubtful

the power of being positively doubtful

The greater the artist, the greater the doubt. Perfect confidence is granted to the less talented as a consolation prize. - Robert Hughes A well known painter friend of mine once said that having an art show is like "pulling down your pants in public." My favourite mystery quote about acting is, "ac

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The Buy American and the Butterfly Effect The Buy American and the Butterfly Effect
by Mario Luis Tavares Ferreira
The greatest evangelists of open markets are now trying to change the rules, again, focusing on their benefits. In the 80’s Regan and Thatcher promoted globally that all countries should open their markets, go for the privatisation of their public companies and services, let financial markets work freely worldwide, and so on.
How To Survive The Recession, Then Fail The Recovery How To Survive The Recession, Then Fail The Recovery
by Peter A. Hunter
Is this BA management completely misreading the way that the workforce feel about the company they work for? Or is this a cynical manoeuvre by management to deflect the blame for the failure of the company?
Short Term, Long Term Or Right Term? Short Term, Long Term Or Right Term?
by Suresh Subramaniam
Looking at the pink papers for the past 9 months have left me depressed. The saving grace however is the economists and financial gurus  are now seeing bamboo shoots of recovery. The focus of this article is not about why or how it happened; there a...
Women 2.0 Summit Women 2.0 Summit
by Anitha Jebaraj
The Womens's 2.0 Summit was arranged by Silicon India on 13th March . There were quite a few women achievers who doled out their success mantras. I have summarized a few here.  Women must be decisive, have self-pride (vanity is good), be indep...
The end of my crisis The end of my crisis
by Arianna Neri
At the beginning, I felt slightly astonished. Glancing at my life, I realized that it was all gone, in a matter of instants. I thought about it for more than what seemed an endless second and the result wouldn't change. I lost my job. Funny how...
The ant and the cicada The ant and the cicada
by Arianna Neri
Once there was the ant, saver and thoughtful. She was able to look forward, calculating expenses, saving seeds and tiny pieces of whatever for the cold cold winter. I need to save, I need to have, she'd stress The cicada, shallow and shopaholic, j...
Robin Hood is Ba(ra)ck! Robin Hood is Ba(ra)ck!
by Sundararaman Viswanathan
Is Barack Obama the Robin Hood of our times? Look at this man, stuck in a world of capitalists, but doing his best to get the wealth distributed. Sustainability is his mantra! Not because he is pitching for clean energy via wind turbines, solar pa...
Globalization: Threats and lessons Globalization: Threats and lessons
by Mario Luis Tavares Ferreira
Since the end of last century we are seeing global changes never seen in recent or old history. The iron wall collapsing and the Soviet Union breaking in pieces are unique events in history because never a large empire disappeared so smoothly. Co...
TiE Entrepreneurial Summit - 2 TiE Entrepreneurial Summit - 2
by Sushant Chari
Cash is God. Such was the mantra of Venture Capitalists at the TiE Summit 2008 Bangalore. Money has always been expensive, but since the economic meltdown, it has now become more of a rarity. The mechanisms for the financing of small-time start-ups...
TiE Entrepreneurial Summit - 1 TiE Entrepreneurial Summit - 1
by Sushant Chari
“Who is an entrepreneur?” Scott Cook, Founder & Chairman of Intuit asks. An entrepreneur makes something better or faster or cheaper or all three. These words were representative of the Entrepreneurial Summit conducted by TiE (The Indus Ent...

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