I read an article in Le Monde recently which made me give a more thorough thought to whether meritocracy is the beau idéal it claims to be: La méritocratie est la «bonne conscience des gagnants du système». If you don’t read French, here’s a short summary: David Guilbaud, the author of ‘The Meritocratic Illusion’ (L’Illusion méritocratique), suggests …
Diversity – a topic of frequent debate and discussion in business, but often contextualized in the narrower scope of gender and race. Being a foreigner working in Japan for the last 18 years, I have come to understand that the concept of “diversity” goes beyond just men and women or racial profiles. It is my …
Technology has become ubiquitous in the world of information management. It would not be an exaggeration to suggest that almost every organization, irrespective of scale and domain, is using some form of technology solution for the purpose of information management. I have worked in the IT sector for many years and have been involved in …
The modern world is full of processes. Almost everything we do at work has a defined process that needs to be followed. Numerous process frameworks like ISO, CMM, etc. have come up and been adopted by various sectors. All these frameworks have one very important common element – the CHECKLIST. Process and quality audits rely …
