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May 02, 2008
"Accept the challenges so that you can feel the exhilaration of
victory."
George
Patton (1885-1945)
American general, nicknamed "Old Blood and
Guts"
May 01, 2008
The saga of Job boom in India.
Shocking article, this.
Today is a new day
"Today is a new day. You will get
out of it just what you put into it..."
Mary
Pickford (1892-1979)
Canadian actress, Academy Award® winner
cofounder of
United Artists
Rules Of Indian Roads
Here in India, everybody make their own rules and not misses them. There are no traffic rules of the kind those are found here: Signals: used for littering; Speed limits: No body cares for them. These are listed below:
- Rule of Mortality
"If you are afraid of Death, Better stay at Home." - Rule to Give Way
"Give way to animals, beggars, double parked heavy trucks, buses and cars. Don't hit them, just flow around them. Amongst the motorists, he who is the loudest has the right-to-way. On road, traffic entering a road from the left has priority. So has traffic from the right, and also traffic in the middle." - Indian Driver Mantra
""To slow is to falter, to brake is to fail, to stop is defeat". In observance of this rule three things are required of every licensed driver:"Good Horn", "Good Brakes" and "Good Luck". Most drivers don't drive; they just aim their vehicle in the intended direction." - Rule of Horn
"He who is the loudest wins. Use of a horn is mandatory, if you wish to pass anything, honk horn. If you don't have a horn, shout." - Rule for Accidents
"Never stop for an accident, "That's karma," or in the case of a big collision, "That's truckma". Truck drivers of India are licensed to kill." - Rules of Speed
"Speed limit is palpably ignored. Signs are ineffectual and traffic will move at the fastest speed possible." - Rules of Roundabouts
"India recognizes no roundabouts." - Rules for Overtaking
"Every moving vehicle is required to overtake every other moving vehicle, irrespective of whether it has just overtaken you or whether you are in a rush or not. Indian drivers overtake amazingly, especially where there absolutely no sensible opportunity exists."
Apr 29, 2008
'A Leader Should Know How to Manage Failure'
India India Philadelphia India India Bay of Bengal India
(Former President of
forum ,
Question: Could you give an example, from your own experience, of how
leaders should manage failure?
Kalam: Let me tell you about my experience. In 1973 I became the project
director of
the SLV-3. Our goal was to put
1980. I was given funds and human resources -- but was told clearly that
by 1980 we had to launch the satellite into space. Thousands of people
worked together in scientific and technical teams towards that goal.
By 1979 -- I think the month was August -- we thought we were ready. As
the project director, I went to the control center for the launch. At
four minutes before the satellite launch, the computer began to go
through the checklist of items that needed to be checked. One minute
later, the computer program put the launch on hold; the display showed
that some control components were not in order. My experts -- I had four
or five of them with me -- told me not to worry; they had done their
calculations and there was enough reserve fuel. So I bypassed the
computer, switched to manual mode, and launched the rocket. In the first
stage, everything worked fine. In the second stage, a problem developed.
Instead of the satellite going into orbit, the whole rocket system
plunged into the
That day, the chairman of the Indian Space Research Organization, Prof.
Satish Dhawan, had called a press conference. The launch was at 7:00 am,
and the press conference -- where journalists from around the world were
present -- was at 7:45 am at ISRO's satellite launch range in
Sriharikota [in Andhra Pradesh in southern
leader of the organization, conducted the press conference himself. He
took responsibility for the failure -- he said that the team had worked
very hard, but that it needed more technological support. He assured the
media that in another year, the team would definitely succeed. Now, I
was the project director, and it was my failure, but instead, he took
responsibility for the failure as chairman of the organization.
The next year, in July 1980, we tried again to launch the satellite --
and this time we succeeded. The whole nation was jubilant. Again, there
was a press conference. Prof. Dhawan called me aside and told me, "You
conduct the press conference today."
I learned a very important lesson that day. When failure occurred, the
leader of the organization owned that failure. When success came, he
gave it to his team. The best management lesson I have learned did not
come to me from reading a book; it came from that experience.
Apr 28, 2008
"When your work speaks for itself, don't
interrupt."
Henry
J. Kaiser (1882-1967)
American industrialist
Apr 23, 2008
Apr 20, 2008
An ISO Standard for Road Safety
(ISO: Geneva) -- The International Organization for Standardization recently approved the creation of a new project committee to develop an international standard for road traffic safety management systems.
The secretariat of the project committee, ISO/PC 241—“Road safety management,” has been assigned to SIS Swedish Standards Institute, and its first meeting is expected to be held in Stockholm, June 16–19, 2008.
ISO/PC 241 will bring together stakeholders, including representatives of organizations responsible for road traffic infrastructure, public authorities, government departments, the transport sector, manufacturers, emergency services, health services, and the variety of associations concerned by aspects of road safety (e.g., prevention of accidents, protection of children, and care and rights of accident victims).
The committee’s job will be to develop a standard following the generic management system approach pioneered by ISO 9001 for quality management and since applied to other objectives, including ISO 14001 (environmental management) and ISO 28000 (supply-chain security).
“As was highlighted at the Second United Nations Stakeholder Forum on Global Road Safety, in which ISO participated, in April 2007, road crashes kill more than 1.2 million a year, and for every single death there are 20 to 50 serious injuries,” comments Alan Bryden, ISO secretary-general. “Road traffic injuries also impede economic development, with costs to emerging economies from fatalities and disabling injuries estimated at 1 to 2 percent of GNP.”
The standard will be applicable to all actors with an influence on road safety, including companies and organizations involved in:
- The design, building, and maintenance of roads and streets
- The design and production of cars, trucks, and other road vehicles, including parts and equipment
- The transport of goods and people
- Generating significant flows of goods and people
- Having personnel working in road transport systems
- Responding to road traffic accidents (emergency and first aid services)
- Rehabilitation of accident victims
Potential users of the standard include transport and haulage companies, rental car companies, and local government organizations responsible for the transport of goods and people.
The standard’s intention is to help organizations:
- Improve their performance in relation to road safety
- Contribute to reducing accidents
- Better meet regulatory requirements and societal expectations regarding road safety
- Employ a process approach, including the Plan-Do-Check-Act cycle and continual improvement, to set and achieve road safety objectives
In addition, the standard may provide an internationally harmonized tool useful for organizations involved in:
- Auditing the effectiveness of road safety programs
- Analyzing accident black spots
- Providing funding or awarding prizes for road safety
ISO/PC 241 will work in the area of management system standards only. It won’t encroach on regulatory responsibilities, and it will seek to be complementary to the road safety work of intergovernmental organizations such as the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe and the World Health Organization. In particular, it will work in close collaboration with the United Nations Road Safety Collaboration, of which ISO is a member.
For more information, visit www.iso.org/iso/pressrelease.htm?refid=Ref1113.
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