Thinking Smart offers all that you need to know, to achieve just about everything, from managing a delicate relationship, a surprise firing, to creating a winning team or business, and more. The book explores smartness by combining economic, psychological and sociological perspectives in ways that we often overlook in our daily lives. From being a management guru to a corporate leader, Prof. Nirmalya Kumar provides a holistic view of smartness- from the corner office and from a Professor's perspective. This is your guide to mastering the subtle art of work, life and everything in-between.
A lucidly written book covering various aspects of a working executive. It is different from the various management books I have read in the sense that it covers not only management lessons but life lessons although sometimes I felt that some of those lessons were touched upon but not expanded sufficiently. However, the easy read and various topics touched becomes the strength of this book. The examples are not as many as I had wished and most of them related to the Tata group. It is true that adversity teaches you much more than a pleasant event. All in all a book definitely worth reading.
Nirmalya's candid and open nature comes out strongly in this enjoyable take on a variety of professional and personal topics. His grounding in academics ensures that you don't leave any chapter without a concrete takeaway. An easy coffee table read!
The details provided shows a very different and illicit process followed by Tata Group in firing a Chairman. Rest details are written in some what common manner but over all its worth reading.