For the last three weeks I have been tending house while my wife, Rohini, has been away in India taking care of her mother. I can empathize with her guilt and her pain as she heads home leaving her mom in a delicate health condition. The tradeoffs … [Read more...]
When the Rubber Meets the Road
March 7, 2014 by
I remember the cautious excitement Rohini and I felt almost 14 years ago at the thought of building a new Montessori school, as we stepped into our first entrepreneurial venture together. The planning was fun, the uncertainty nerve-racking. We … [Read more...]
A Personal Journey
March 4, 2014 by
Recently my mom fell in the bathroom, resulting in broken bones and a hematoma in her brain. Her life was at stake and time was critical. She was quickly transferred by ambulance to a bigger hospital five hours away. The drive was treacherous, on a … [Read more...]
Don’t Grease the Squeaky Wheel
February 28, 2014 by
There are always two ways we, as managers, allocate resources. We reward those who work hard and create value or we quiet those who complain constantly and get resources thrown at them so that they go away. The latter are politically inclined, a … [Read more...]
