Sep 24, 2024 | Economics & Economy, Rodin
Multiple agendas are being pursued to save planet earth – fight against global warming, climate change, loss of biodiversity, ecological imbalances, but compulsions of electoral politics and business interests will ensure that nothing beyond lip service is available to any agenda that has no business potential. While this fight must continue, we must focus on energy efficiency and efficiency in waste management, as every alarming signal is ignored.
Read MoreSep 13, 2024 | Sculpting, Tech, Info, Data & Analysis
There is a great deal unsaid, deliberately, in this piece of writing but you don’t have to be a textual archeologist to unravel what is ‘hidden’. There are times when indirect means are more effective at reaching the ‘truth’ than direct means, as we intuitively know through the use of metaphor.
Read MoreAug 11, 2024 | Sculpting, Tech, Info, Data & Analysis
In my earlier article on ‘The hegemony of GDP’, I discussed the need to go beyond GDP if we are serious about capturing the ‘true’ picture of an economy. We certainly cannot do away with GDP but we can and must make adjustments (both subtractions and additions) to it to reflect the true picture, which here simply means the long-term impact on the economy. The State of Vermont in the US has set an example in this endeavour.
Read MoreAug 5, 2024 | Management & Innovation, Rodin
Using Galileo’s idea of nature as a book, and drawing the corollary of reading from it, it is arguable that techniques of reading (taught in many universities) might offer more promising results rather than the traditional models and frameworks used in businesses. Taking a leaf out of Formula 1 racing, we take an exploratory look
Read MoreJul 11, 2024 | Sculpting, Tech, Info, Data & Analysis
An exclusive attention to GDP as a measure of economic progress is unhealthy as has been shown by the many other goals such as SDG. It is time to evaluate if we can develop one comprehensive measure to qualify GDP
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