“Design is the Zeppo Marx of management disciplines - the one that ever...” — Tahl Raz Quote

Design is the Zeppo Marx of management disciplines - the one that everyone seems to forget.

Take information technology. We have winners implementing CRM (customer relationship management systems) and losers implementing CRM. What mattered in technology is that the technology actually drives either cost reduction or superior strategy execution.

No sport - maybe no business - is more entrepreneurial than boxing.

Always the notorious red-light district of sports, boxing today is as troubled as it was even in the days when the Mob called the shots. There are too many lawsuits and too few heroes. Absurd mismatches and fraudulent rankings by unaccountable offshore sanctioning bodies have disgusted fans.

In disciplines as disparate as baseball, financial services, trucking and retail, people are realizing the power of data to help make better decisions.

Though my first love is cricket, I was never away from any other disciplines too.

In the stunt world, fights and vehicles are often two different disciplines.

Every child needs to become literate in one or more languages, and every child should become comfortable in the major scholarly disciplines - historical, scientific, mathematical, and artistic-humanistic thinking. Beyond that, I am not in favour of a uniform system. I think there should be some choices.