Nissan - The Scare !

I know I am not writing a whole lot but then here is a quick update about life

(1) Married life is fabulous - Trips to Barcelona, Milan, Venice, Florence - can anyone complain? I am going to upload pictures, maybe rome is soon.

(2) Italian is a disaster - Ever since I returned I haven't done anything about my Italian despite promises to myself every single day

(3) Work is worse ...well depends on the perspective I take...based on the current perspective its awesome - Well I have been trying to persuade people with a couple of cool ideas but no one is inspired...So I decided I will just blog and browse the net, book tickets, plan weekends and watch videos at work :). Its not worse, its awesome.

Ok now back to the subject of the blog. I barely finished the book on Nissan and I already said skeptical things about him but after the news on FT in the last few days about Nissan I thought I will search blogs to see what people are saying and here is Citizen Carrie's view.

Changing the World the Penguin Way !

It is incredible to relate to a fable when you are frighteningly old is it? Maybe not, I loved every single thing about the fable I am going through at the moment - Anyone reading "Our Iceberg is melting"?. It has to be the creation of a genius. I am loving it. Get to www.ouricebergismelting.com if you get a chance.

Book Review: Inside Nissan

Although I read this book nearly a couple of months back and a lot has happenned in life between then and now, I choose to write a brief review of whatever I can remember. I found the book interesting because it exposes one to both the personality of someone significantly global and still primarily European (there is a little irony in there isn't it?) and the automotive industry in Japan, and how it is seen by an outsider. Both these subjects are close to my heart.

About the turn-around of Nissan, I still do not know if the things done were right. I still don't know if the things done are sustainable. The whole idea of the 20 billion plan (which got him the top job in nissan) seems fascinating. But then he seems not to be the kind of guy who can explain execution. He sounds like it is quite simple to execute if you are in the top and you have the right people. Infact execution seems to be the simpler thing for him once you have a goal (even if it sounds ridiculously unrealistic) and the strategy to achieve it. I have seen several strategies made in some of the best companies in the world and not executed well enough or the way it was intended to be.