Contents ( 212)
- PENGUIN BOOKS DORK
- Contents
- 1. DISCOVERY
- Under the Sink
- AUTHOR’S NOTE
- 2. DUFRESNE
- Robin ‘Einstein’ Varghese’s Diary
- 2 April 2006
- 4 p.m.
- ROBIN WERE GEESE—WIMWI
- 3 April 2006
- 3 a.m.
- 11 a.m.
- 2 p.m.
- 6 p.m.
- 7 p.m.
- 10 p.m.
- 5 April 2006
- 11 a.m.
- 2 p.m.
- 5 p.m.
- 7 p.m.
- 6 April 2006
- 11 a.m.
- 3 p.m.
- 7 p.m.
- 10 p.m.
- 11.24 p.m.
- 9 April 2006
- 10.23 a.m.
- 7 p.m.
- 10.55 p.m.
- 11.26 p.m.
- 10 April 2006
- 8 a.m.
- 11 April 2006
- 11.13 a.m.
- 12.15 p.m.
- 4.20 p.m.
- 6 p.m.
- 15 May 2006
- 8 p.m.
- 11.23 p.m.
- 16 May 2006
- 7 p.m.
- 12.34 a.m.
- 17 May 2006
- 7.45 a.m.
- 7.53 a.m.
- 6.15 p.m.
- 7 p.m.
- 8 p.m.
- 8.15 p.m.
- 9 p.m.
- 9.43 p.m.
- 18 May 2006
- 10.10 p.m.
- 10.34 p.m.
- 20 May 2006
- 9.46 p.m.
- 21 May 2006
- 7 p.m.
- 22 May 2006
- 10.15 p.m.
- 23 May 2006
- 7 p.m.
- 24 May 2006
- 8 p.m.
- 11 p.m.
- 11.23 p.m.
- 11.25 p.m.
- 25 May 2006
- 2 p.m.
- 7.43 p.m.
- 8.13 p.m.
- 9 p.m.
- 9.32 p.m.
- 26 May 2006
- 8.30 p.m.
- 27 May 2006
- 7.23 p.m.
- 9.15 p.m.
- 28 May 2006
- 6.45 p.m.
- 29 May 2006
- 11 p.m.
- 4 June 2006
- 7.15 p.m.
- 9.20 p.m.
- 5 June 2006
- 7.13 p.m.
- 3. PANCHATANTRA
- 11 August 2006
- 11.23 p.m.
- 3 a.m.
- 3.32 a.m.
- 4.20 a.m.
- 12 August 2006
- 9.20 p.m.
- 13 August 2006
- 8.25 a.m.
- 18 August 2006
- 8.50 p.m.
- 24 August 2006
- 11.12 p.m.
- ANALYSIS
- PRESENTATION
- CLIENT RELATIONSHIP
- LEADERSHIP
- SUSTAINABLE PROJECT EXECUTION AND DIVERSIFIABILITY
- OVERALL
- 26 August 2006
- 7.38 p.m.
- 11.45 p.m.
- 27 August 2006
- 8.30 p.m.
- 28 August 2006
- 9.10 p.m.
- 11 p.m.
- 11.20 p.m.
- 3 September 2006
- 7 p.m.
- 4 September 2006
- 8.07 p.m.
- 10.20 p.m.
- 5 September 2006
- 11.09 p.m.
- 8 September 2006
- 1.02 a.m.
- 11 September 2006
- 8.02 p.m.
- 13 September 2006
- 2.16 a.m.
- 14 September 2006
- 10.35 p.m.
- 17 September 2006
- 12.14 a.m.
- 19 September 2006
- 11.15 a.m.
- 30 September 2006
- 10.30 p.m.
- 11.02 p.m.
- 4. EOQ
- 12 November 2006
- 8.20 p.m.
- 13 November 2006
- 10.23 p.m.
- 12.15 a.m.
- 14 November 2006
- 11.23 p.m.
- 12.30 a.m.
- 15 November 2006
- 8 p.m.
- 16 November 2006
- 7.40 p.m.
- 9 p.m.
- 17 November 2006
- 8.22 p.m.
- 20 November 2006
- 7.56 p.m.
- 10.20 p.m.
- 1 a.m.
- 22 November 2006
- 9.13 p.m.
- 26 November 2006
- 10.12 p.m.
- 12.05 a.m.
- 1.23 a.m.
- 27 November 2006
- 11.23 p.m.
- 12.15 a.m.
- 28 November 2006
- 9.36 p.m.
- 11.20 p.m.
- 29 November 2006
- 8.32 p.m.
- 30 November 2006
- 10.03 p.m.
- 5. ASSOCIATE???
- 11 December 2006
- 7.20 p.m.
- 13 December 2006
- 2.20 a.m.
- 15 December 2006
- 10.10 p.m.
- 20 December 2006
- 11.23 p.m.
- 22 December 2006
- 9.03 p.m.
- 24 December 2006
- 11.23 p.m.
- 3 January 2007
- 8.43 p.m.
- 4 January 2007
- 10.03 p.m.
- 3.40 a.m.
- 6 January 2007
- 2.23 a.m.
- 4.15 a.m.
- 8 a.m.
- 9.14 p.m.
- 7 January 2007
- 8.15 a.m.
- 2.23 p.m.
- 10.23 p.m.
- 8 January 2007
- 11.54 p.m.
- 10 January 2007
- 11.07 p.m.
- 11 January 2007
- 12.35 a.m.
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
SM: I hope not. We are not allowed to record interviews if the guest is drunk. Should we reschedule this for later, Einstein?
RV: No, no. I was just joking, Sonali. And even if I wasn’t, you couldn’t make out. Trust me …
SM: (Gets up from her chair) Hold it, everyone! Mr Varghese, are you sober?
RV: Yes. I was just joking.
SM: Are you absolutely sure?
RV: Yes, I am.
SM: Okay. Fine. It’s okay, keep recording. Tell us about that voicemail, Einstein.
RV: You will edit out all the irrelevant footage?
SM: Yes, of course.
RV: Thank you. Okay, now let me set the record straight. I am really fed up of these rumours. I had just finished another twelve-hour day at the office. There was so much to do. Most consultants only do one project at a time …
SM: Do you manage several at one time?
RV: Four at the same time in Goa once! (Winks, laughs)
SM: What?
RV: I was … I was just… I was … explaining that I often handle three or four projects at one time. And that day I had been busy with two. I had just packed up, preparing to leave for home when one of the analysts handed me the Lederman papers. At that time of the day most people just throw fresh reports into their drawers for later. That’s how the … umm … the average consultant works. But MY work ethic just won’t let me do that. I had to go through it right away. I know what you’re thinking … what kind of work ethic is that? Do I ever take a break and wind down?
SM: (Silence)
RV: That’s what you’re thinking, right?
SM: What am I thinking?
RV: Nothing. I took the papers with me and was reading them in the taxi on the way home. I was shocked …
SM: If I could interrupt you for one moment there …
RV: Okay … (Shifts in his chair)
SM: But I thought consultants never took actual copies of confidential documents related to projects outside their offices. Isn’t there a risk of papers getting lost and a breach of confidentiality?
RV: (Stares blankly at Sonali)
SM: Einstein …?
RV: Hmm? Oh yes, sorry. I just got some strategic insight into a project I am handling… was making a mental note of it. So as I was saying I was reading through these papers on my BlackBerry. And I was shocked at how poorly put together it was …
SM: But you said you were reading papers in the taxi?
RV: (Horrified look on his face) Of course not! What if the papers got lost! We take confidentiality very seriously at Dufresne, Sonali. We never kiss and tell you know … (Winks)
SM: Fine. So, you were shocked at what you were reading …
RV: Yes, the entire document was utter rubbish. Clearly, it was made by someone with no experience with banking or Lederman. Now, I may have only spent a few months in Dufresne but thanks to setting myself a very steep learning curve I knew it was complete nonsense. I immediately picked up my phone and left a scathing voicemail to the whole senior team.