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God brews the coffee, not the cups
A group of friends, highly established in their careers, got together to visit their old university professor. Conversation soon turned into complaints about stress in work and life. Offering his guests coffee,…
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The Bumblebee
According to scientists, the bumblebee’s body is too heavy and its wing span too small. Aerodynamically speaking, the bumblebee cannot fly. But the bumblebee doesn’t know that and it keeps flying. When…
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Self-worth
A popular speaker started off a seminar by holding up a $20 bill. A crowd of 200 had gathered to hear him speak. He asked, “Who would like to have this $20…
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Making a difference
This is a story about some students of literature in a university. They were all very talented. There were would-be poets, novelists and essayists among them. There were two groups among these…
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Giving & receiving
There was a Korean firm, which was exporting fabric to an Indonesian firm at the rate of 17 cents per yard. All of a sudden, due to certain policy initiatives of the…
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Strength of character
Once, a Chinese minister came to meet Chanakya, one of the Indian masters of statecraft, at his house in the evening, saying that he had heard of his greatness even in faraway…
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Learn and earn
Chuan and Jing joined a wholesale company together just after graduation. Both worked very hard. After several years, Jing was promoted as sales executive but Chuan remained a sales rep. One day,…
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Solutions, not problems
One of the most memorable case studies on Japanese management was the case of the empty soapbox, which happened in one of Japan’s biggest cosmetics companies. The company received a complaint that…
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Market for shoes
A shoe company wanted to expand its business. The top management decided to send a team of marketing professionals to assess market feasibility in a remote, small and poor region. After a…