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
Wow. What a long entry! Things will get more hectic from tomorrow. But JHA is looking like a quiet, uneventful project that should end without too many issues.
12.15 a.m.
I don’t believe this. But there is no Red Bull in the minibar or with the room service people. I gave the manager a piece of my mind and told him that they should clearly tell customers this at the time of check-in.
Ridiculous!
Have to tell Prasad about moving to the Taj or maybe the Oberoi tomorrow. This is no place to think, analyse data or do cutting-edge consulting work.
Majorly disillusioned with this hotel.
14 November 2006
11.23 p.m.
YAWN! Nothing happened today.
I did eleven interviews including one with a very curious JHA purchase manager who wanted to know what Dufresne was up to. He kept asking question after question after question till I finally just gave him a copy of the presentation we showed the JHA leadership team yesterday.
I have already noticed several issues with JHA’s inventory management system. These guys don’t even use the bare minimum mathematics when they order things. Their stores are full of excess inventory and nobody seems to give a damn.
Told Prasad about the hotel situation. He promised to see what he could do!
Okay, need to go through all my interviews and prepare for tomorrow’s work.
Later.
12.30 a.m.
Yay! Yay! Yay!
Prasad has asked all of us to meet tomorrow morning in the lobby with our bags packed. We are checking out! More details awaited tomorrow.
Seriously this hotel is, at best, a three-star place. Their cappuccino is clearly Nescafé with foam on top.
15 November 2006
8 p.m.
Talk about misunderstandings!
So in the morning I go downstairs with my luggage feeling like a million bucks and wondering if we’re moving to the Taj or the Oberoi. Spring in my step!
After everyone reaches Prasad tells us that we’ll be moving to our new accommodation … at JHA’s FUCKING GUESTHOUSE. And I had already given Gouri the number of the Taj and Oberoi in case she wanted to reach me in an emergency. Now what is she going to think if I tell her I’ve been moved to a guesthouse?
A GUESTHOUSE! Like some PWD engineer. PUKE!
Turns out that some of the JHA management were upset that we were spending so much money in hotels when even the JHA CEO wasn’t allowed to stay in anything beyond three-star and even then at a maximum tariff of Rs 4000 a night. Last night their CEO eventually called Prasad to tell him that it was best for everyone involved if we’d move to the company’s guesthouse. Which is right next to the factory.
Everyone in the hotel lobby looked a little unhappy but no one complained.
And, as if that wasn’t enough, imagine our surprise when we reach the JHA factory to find a huge group of employees outside shouting slogans and waving posters.
The way into the factory was barricaded with crates and boxes and some garbage bins. The workers looked very agitated indeed and some of them said things like ‘Dufresne go back’ and ‘Go back Dufresne’. We were all quite shaken by this sudden development. As soon as they saw our cars approaching the workers rushed towards us and surrounded us.