Problem
When NASA began the launch of astronauts into space, they found out that the pens wouldn’t work at zero gravity (ink won’t flow down to the writing surface). To solve this problem, it took them one decade and $12 million. They developed a pen that worked at zero gravity, upside down, underwater, in practically any surface including crystal and in a temperature range from below freezing to over 300 degrees C.
Solution
And what did the Russians do…?
They used a pencil .
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Problem
One of the most memorable case studies on Japanese management was …

A group of children were playing near two railway tracks, one still in use while the other disused. Only one child played on the disused track, the rest on the operational track. The train is coming, and you are just beside the track interchange.
a) You can make the train change its course to the disused track and save most of the kids. However, that would also mean the lone child playing by the disused track would be sacrificed.
b) Or would you rather let the train go its way?
Let’s take a …

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I am a HR manager by profession, so you’ll also find interesting articles and my interpretation on various human resource related issues. These  may be from my own experince gained over all these years and some gyan shared …