Posts Tagged ‘ lateral thinking ’

Lateral Thinking – Money lender and pebbles

money lender management lesson

Many years ago in a small village, a farmer had the misfortune of owing a large sum of money to a village moneylender. The Moneylender , who was old and ugly, fancied the farmer’s beautiful daughter. So he proposed a bargain. He said he would forgive the farmer’s debt if he could marry his daughter. Both the farmer and his...

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Insight into Decision Making

Insight into Decision Making

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...

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About Monica Gupta

Monica Gupta HR Manager by profession and good human by heart. Presently working with Shyama Power and is responsible managing human resource department.

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Recent Comments

  • vasudeep: this one was a real treat to read….how i wish,i could think like the engineer :)
  • vasudeep: in case of zero gravity,if the pencil tip breaks…it wont fall down…it will be floating in the...
  • vasudeep: i completely agree with this lateral thinking…we had the same case scenario in our class,and the...
  • Kang Oedin: This story makes me laugh.
  • Prashant Kumar: Hi Monica, This is an excellent example of lateral thinking.