Barca should keep Dani Alves…

Being a Barca fan I feel I should write something about my fav club… First of all I am very happy that Messi won the footballer of the year award second consecutive time. And all the three players who were nominated are Barcelona Stars…. Though I feel for Xavi and wanted Xavi to win this time… but again Messi is choice of all… I feel that this Barcelona team is the best team in the worlds club footballing history… and every player in the team is equally important because they play as a team as a compact unit and not as individuals… Recently there were rumors that Barca bosses may not extend the contract of Dani Alves a talented Brazilian attacking right back, the reason being they are not able to come to terms with his demands of salary… But I think if he is asking for few thousand etc Euros/week then they should go ahead and keep him. Like Xavi, Iniesta he has been a force on right flank, he has stamina speed and that sense of crossing the ball, he is quick on the field, has great tackling abilities… though his consistency (of passing) has been doubted sometimes and he makes mistakes but still I would give him 7.5 out of 10. I feel in current team there is no one to replace him… and hence he should never be allowed to leave… Love you Barca

Big Deals??? Big Deal…

How about paying someone $100Million for kicking a football? Crap… why do these guys want this world to be divided in two parts? Big/Rich/Great Vs Small/Poor/Dumb but what about those who are in da middle? Why guys like Fernando Perez dont think beyond simple game of football? We know we know that you have lot of money lot of wealth, but that does not mean you own the football and the way it is to be played… Ronaldo a Great player but not humble at all to be a called great says he is worth of $100 millions… shame on you… Kaka another great player who has done nothing different what he would have done if he would have accepted the Man City deal… These big deals are really putting european and even world soccer in a big fix… The barrier between big clumbs (monitorily) and the small budget clubs is really getting bigger and bigger… not only that but at individual level at player level also the barrier is going to get wider and wider… The worrying words from Arsene Wenger are really to be taken seriously othewise there will be no great players no great leagues… only big players and big leagues…. I hate Fernando Perez… The great clubs are the one who create player and not steal or buy them… They grow them at home…

It’s time to show some courage and yes ‘Creative Capitalism’

Before starting I would like to say “If  Microsoft sacks even a single employee in the name of recession, then Bill Gates would be contradicting to his own notion of Creative Capitalism”

It has been almost 3 quarters now, that the world economy is stumbling with no immediate signs of finding the path to recovery.  Why is so? The mega rescue/stimulus package from US the rescue packages from European and Asian economies are not enough? It may be the case that original losses at the beginning of the crisis were far lesser than sum of the rescue packages money. So are these packages are delayed a bit? I think no, the recovery is not possible unless the “media”, “business leaders”, “governments”, “common investors” & “the banks” come together with positive thinking as if nothing has happened. Creative capitalism needs to be followed which focuses not only on profits but also tries to help the community. Hence instead of laying off the employees the bosses should find some alternative ways to cope up with losses, alternative such as reduced work hours should help prevent the negative sentiments and fears spreading. Media should not publish news such as company XYZ has fired XX% of its workers it only creates panic and the road to recovery gets longer and longer. The layoffs also inturn reduce the business by some way or other. The trillion dollar package from US Fed has helped some positive sentiments to float and hence helped the markets to go up a bit. Only the announcement has made the investors to look forward in some positive ways. I would say it would only help if the reality kept hidden and only positive news made public. Anyways after saying all this after being in the same sinking boat as we all are there are few things which particularly government should learn

• Don’t let a single organization take so much control of the economy as the AIG, Lehman Brothers, Merrill lynch and JPMorgan’s of this world have controlled.  Just don’t let them grow so fat and let the top bosses corrupt them so badly that it brings up economic crisis
• Put some strict norms and measures on economic institutions.

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Innovation and Success… are they related?

A thought came to mind when I was reading an essay in one of the GMAT tutorial. It was something related to the down fall of the Industries in United States. So it gave me a chance to think little more deeper on what all things Ii have been observing and what all the things I have read so far…

The para about the US auto industry being falling behind really makes me ask a question, “Innovation and Success do they really go hand in hand ?” Which implicates another question “is the innovation is the most powerful weapon for any product any organization any country to succeed ?” And I think its very true. And that is why the industries in the US started falling and gave away the leading position to the organizations from Japan, Germany and other countries. The key behind the success of these organizations was their innovative power which brought various new technologies and which the target user found very exciting and easy to use/operate in short they were friendly and with time and that’s why they became popular and hence helped their innovators to gain the top spot.

One of the most classic example of this is the global Automobile Industry. US was the number one player right from the beginning till 2007 when Toyota took over as a leader. US was able to remain on the top spot from the beginning i.e since 1902 because the automobile was itself a innovation and very useful phenomenon to have happened to mankind. And since the US was the inventor it enjoyed a number 1 position the Fords and GMs were  all sitting happy at top positions but they overlooked the competition around them and could not envision the need of time and the needs of people of today. I would say they failed to re-Innovate the automobile they just renovated the technologies they had and on the other side the Japanese innovated all the aspects of a ideal vehicle as per the needs/requirements of people from particular region. Toyota Tundra a popular pick up truck is an example of “Innovation according to Demand”. GM which was earning $1billion /qtr profit had started sustaining heavy losses from mid 90s when introspected they found that the vehicles which they produce are not up to the mark in quality and do not give their customer a value for money and are being without any innovation in them. Which resulted in loss of leading position, losses & job cuts.

Ultimately only a good leadership and a market position is not the key factor to succeed and being able to persist at the top its always Innovation and Innovative ideas which really amuse and propel customers to try them out. The mind of a target customer is limited to what he has seen and expects something simillar to that but how about suprising him with something he never thoguht of and which will help satisfy his needs in very prommisssing and friendly way…

Need a Vision & Visionary leaders…

As I go on reading…. “The food price index of the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) rose by a steep but manageable 8% in 2006, but then much more sharply – by 24% – in 2007, and 53% in the first three months of this year alone – an unprecedented rise….” a report by David Loyn @ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7431734.stm Encourages me to think upon it and find the relative/transitive and might be the actual & exact reasons of this sudden steep…
One of the obvious reason for this is the increase in demands against availability. Increase in demand from countries like India, China and others have risen sharply.One obvious reason is inability of internal food production to satisfy the increasing demands in addition to this the governments have started cutting down the import duties so that the imports could be increased… Is that a correct and thorough solution to these crises? I don’t think it is… I think this adds to the cutting off of the supplies to poor countries who can’t import and are dependent on the UN and other countries who supply them food. Ultimately making the crisis more severe… Though whole world shows its curiosity and positive concern towards this I doubt whether the severity of this crisis is going to get controlled or is going to be more and more tougher to handle…
In order to resolve the crisis, Identification of necessary actions should be the foremost agenda of the G8 meet as the Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda has called for urgent action to ensure food supplies to poor nations struggling with sharp price rises the key would be to identify the exact causes and try correcting/prioritizing them in order to reduce down the inflation. Identification of necessary action does not means that not falling short in supplying the food to poor nations as one of the statements from UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon says that we will increase the production of food by 50% by yr 2030. But as per me this wont help unless we all(nations) take some firm initiative towards improving the agriculture and agricultural practices…
There is strong need of time to put agriculture and agricultural practices in first priority though it does not applies to the practices of increasing the production of corn for bio fuel it has hurt to its extreme to the environment(amazon destruction in Brazil ) as well as to the mankind as a whole…

This is time where in all developing as well developed nations are trying to to compete with each other on technology, defence and infrastructure front which again shows the thrust for becoming the supreme power… Leaving behind other and more important aspects like technologies to improve the food production… By 2030 the scenario will be much worse than it is today if we don’t act.

World is in need of a Vision and Visionary leaders…

How aware am I and how am I helping Mankind? When I say I am also one of you…

Is it so difficult ?

When I first read something written about global warming, I kind of ignored reading the article thoroughly… may be I also had thought that is of no use for me cause its the issue to be addressed by big people and not by an common individual like me… I only realize how wrong I was when I again came across similar kind of article in TIME. And when I went deep I was taken aback…It was really a eye opener for me and must have been for all those who’d read it… Then I came across Al Gore’s presentation and it was more shockhingly eye opener I felt helpless but tehre are things we can do on our levels and thats what TIME article or Al Gore is asking us all…If what Al Gore is saying about global warming is only 1%(i m not clamming) correct then also its the responsibility of every human being to try to take necessary efforts to fight the global warming…