Oral Communication: Elocution, Tips, Results

The first step we took was to ask people to speak for two minutes on a topic of their choice. They were given about two days to prepare for it. The topic could be any topic. Since we can’t do the workshop for everyone in the office in one go, we repeated the sessions for […]

Communication Workshops – Experiences and Learning

We carried out a series of workshops to improve communication skills of Magneteers recently. Many people had reservations about their public speaking abilities, some were not confident, some had a fear of English language and a few were weak in English grammar. I will be writing a series on this. The following are the 5 […]

Where The Mind is Without Fear

Where The Mind is Without Fear From Rabindranath Tagore’s Gitanjali Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high Where knowledge is free Where the world has not been broken up into fragments By narrow domestic walls Where words come out from the depth of truth Where tireless striving stretches its arms […]

Financial Freedom – Part 1

We are having a series of sessions about getting rich in the office! Sharath read the book “Rich Dad, Poor Dad” recently and the idea came from there. In essence, we will be talking about money, and how to get more of it! After each session, I will post a brief writeup on what was […]

Buying a laptop from the USA

Buying a laptop by doing online research can be quite confusing. The sheer amount of alternatives, configuration and brands lead to a confusion over what to buy. I experienced this for the second time recently and thought would share a few learnings. Decide your budget: I was looking at something in the range of $1000-$1200. […]