EDUCATING SRI LANKA
A long teaching career has meant that my retirement has resulted in the delightful
WORK-LIFE BALANCE
For years, the accepted recipe for happiness has been a separation of professional and personal lives. People are advised to create hard
SERVICE REVOLUTION
My article in the December 2019 edition of LMD argued that Sri Lanka, awash in natural warmth and mirth, appears to face difficulties
ACCOUNTING REVOLUTION
Back in 2006, a quiet revolution in accounting software was underway in New Zealand. And it turned into a disruption of SME accounting
SELF-MOTIVATION
As life limps back to normalcy in the aftermath of the festivities, will you and I feel like we have lived the past year to its fullest potential? Or are
HIGH PERFORMERS
Is your business structured to create relevance for high performers and are you motivating them to learn faster even if their capacity to learn
GLOBOTICS DEFINED
Robots have begun to invade our world and in their quest to replace us, they may not stop at the factory floor
SALES METRICS
A global economic slowdown and the aftermath of the Easter Sunday incidents have prompted marketers to renew their focus on business
CAREER PATH
A recent study by Great Place to Work® reveals that 69 percent of employees are below 35 and only a fifth in these organisations have been with the
CREATIVE COLLABORATION
Computer animation studio Pixar has created 21 feature films to date and earned box office receipts totalling US$ 14 billion
PILLARS OF SUCCESS
Most people view failure as being unacceptable. As youngsters, we are taught that making mistakes is a result of incompetence and laziness
CORPORATE COMMUNICATIONS
With the advent of market economies into the world of commerce, corporate communications became an essential component of developing, refining
EDUCATING SRI LANKA
Some 35-40 years ago when I was a teacher at a school where my mother was the principal, the Department of Education was going through one
WORK-LIFE BALANCE
Of all the narratives about work and life, this is the most persistent – success at work requires harsh tradeoffs in the rest of life
CRISIS MANAGEMENT
There are always warning signs that a marriage, team, company or country is beginning to go downhill – even if it’s at an imperceptibly slow pace
BRAND BUILDING
Brand building is no small feat. Developing a brand involves a meticulous process for any business. Most brand custodians
EDUCATING SRI LANKA
There are teachers… and then there are teachers. Having been to eight schools in three countries (viz. India, the US and Sri Lanka), I have probably run the
INTERNATIONAL MARKETING
Globalisation is no longer an obscure concept limited to the academic sphere but a pragmatic phenomenon affecting billions of lives the world over
DATA ANALYTICS
Following the advent and development of the Internet of Things, we now have a window to the world like never before. With the extent
