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Don't be the best, be Unique

micheal.collins@colkum.com — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:00:00 +0100

There's a great scene in that Phantom Menace movie, where Liam Neeson and Ewan MacGregor are whizzing through the sea in their Jedi submarine craft and an enormous antediluvian fish with fangs is chasing after them.

MacGregor agitatedly refers to the impending disaster while Neeson blithely seems to ignore it, and maintains a posture of perfect serenity.

Then, just as the maw of the mighty beast is about to snap , a gigantic undersea Tyrannosaurus Rex (what else?) moves in fro [...]

Starting in Strathclyde Business School MBA

tschattaraj@gmail.com — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 08:00:00 +0100

Hi there,

This is my very first blog and comes in extremely late ( lets not get into the details of the cause )

I passed out marine engineering from DMET (Kolkata / India ) and have had hands on experience in the Merchant Navy for more than a decade.Started working as a superintendent engineer in 2006 & was based in Singapore….. what next ?

The urge of doing an MBA was always there, but always found more th [...]

Choosing an MBA (I) - does the BRAND matter?

micheal.collins@colkum.com — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 08:00:00 +0100

We're kicking off this series of posts on choosing an MBA by addressing what is, from our perspective, one of the least well understood aspects of choosing an MBA, namely going for "ranking" or general school "brand".

Our view is that both these characteristics are NOT the top considerations for a person choosing their next steps in executive education, however we realise that they can be used as a metric for how the whole experience works out for you, depending [...]

Intermodule Assignments & Return to INSEAD(Jan09)

vivek@bhorukapower.com — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 08:00:00 +0100

Hi,

I am back, this time to talk about the inter-module assignments and also the reading and the classes for the next session.

Basically as mentioned we completed the following sessions in the last module at Fontainebleau, Financial Accounting, OB, Price and Markets, Uncertanity Data and Judgement,

We already did a final exam on Price and Markets and Uncertainty Data and Judgements, and OB.

Financial Accounting has a take home assignment - an 8 pager [...]

Lifelong learning versus Lifechanging learning

micheal.collins@gmail.com — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 08:00:00 +0100

When people ask us for our opinions on which course to follow, we don't tell them straight away, of course we can't! Advising people on their career is a very serious business and requires a great deal of calmness and foresight.

We think it's important for you to ask yourself "what do I really want from my education?". One dimension to analyse along (there are several, and I'm sure we'll cover them all someday!) is the title to this blog entry : lifelong le [...]

Starting at IIM-A

piyushsing@yahoo.com — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 08:00:00 +0100

5 th April, 2008

Finally arrived at my college, IIM-Ahmedabad. It wasn’t easy. Was working at Deutsche Bank in Singapore till Friday, 4th April, 3:00 P.M. 7:00 P.M. was the flight. Have to pick up the luggage, some things have to be dropped to the cargo guy and then go to the airport. Aah… And then there is a bit of sadness. Came in Singapore in June 2005. It has been more or less 3 years I have been in Singapore. But I r [...]

Picture of GEMBA 2009

vivek@bhorukapower.com — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 08:00:00 +0100

This is a picture of the GEMBA 2009 Class.

I am going to get the official copy of this some other time, this was taken from a friends camera.

I would buy you a beer if you were able to find me in lets say 1min.....

Hmmmmm.,.......

Typical Day

vivek@bhorukapower.com — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 08:00:00 +0100

Classes started at 8:30am,

we were 65 students - GEMBA 2009, between 2 sections,

classes ended at 6:30pm and in between we had an hour for lunch as well as every 90 minutes we were given a tea/coffee break.

The entire day was filled with activity, class, group work, group assignments, and finally participation,

At first it seems overwhelming, but as you go on with the routine it gets easier and also you get less tired at the end of the day

The [...]

INSEAD BOOT CAMP - 2 weeks - done

vivek@bhorukapower.com — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 08:00:00 +0100

Day 1:

We began with orientation, and meeting with our immediate faculty, the Dean Professor Galunic, Joanne and Sven (administrators), Edo(Director of EMBA) 65 GEMBA students, Janine Serieys (Admissions Director for EMBA Program), and a few more,

It was exciting to meet all of the students in one class, we were all told about the program and the other details.

We were then asked to identify ourselves with one sentence which would last the length of [...]

INSEAD GEMBA (2009)

vivek@bhorukapower.com — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 08:00:00 +0100

Hello All,

This is my first ever blog... and I mean EVER!!

I am a student at the INSEAD EMBA (2009),

I was keen on the INSEAD in particular and this was due to the reason that I was going to be in Singapore for with regard to my work, and hence this choice seemed like the logical option.

I met with Nagi and Michael in Singapore to coach me for my GMAT, this was a painful process and they made it easy for me,

I will write more on this as and when I have more [...]

Taking care of business

micheal.collins@gmail.com — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 08:00:00 +0100

Vivek believes greatly in leadership coaching and lifelong learning, and invests accordingly. Here we are working on his career progress to date as he prepares for the Big One, the INSEAD EMBA.

we learned a great deal fromVivek as well, and are really happy to see his progress. [video: 100x100]