Minimalism and the Corona Virus

Minimalism and the Corona Virus

In the recent months, I happened to come across a lot on "Minimalism". A friend had written about how she gave away a lot of clothes and how she and her family live without a TV and a refrigerator. This means they also store very little at home and buy things as they need them. She emphasized how they are working towards a strong value system of being happy with minimal possessions. More interestingly, the Nehru Centre Library in Mumbai planned to hold an event - a book reading and discussion. The book is Cal Newport's "Digital Minimalism: On Living…
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Short Courses in Biostatistics – March 30th to 31st and April 1st to 3rd, 2020

Short Courses in Biostatistics – March 30th to 31st and April 1st to 3rd, 2020

The Department of Biostatistics at Christian Medical College, Vellore is organizing Short Course on Statistical Methods in Measuring Health and Principles of Biostatistics using ‘R’ Short Course on Statistical Methods in Measuring Health: Scales and Measurements - March 30-31, 2020 Principles of Biostatistics using ‘R’ - April 1-3, 2020 For more information click here https://www.cmc-biostatistics.ac.in/upcommingevent.php
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What are your problems?

What are your problems?

I recently attended a webinar titled "Sales Excellence for B2B Selling in Emerging Markets". The topic obviously sounds "Oh so commercial", but guess what? The audience were all from the social sector. Now why did we need such a webinar? It turns out that all of us are either creating products or offering services (or both). Only, what we do is for a social objective. The presenter of the webinar was Scott Roy from "Whitten & Roy Parthership" (USA) and he did a great job of tailoring his talk with the social sector in mind! The main message that he…
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