The Family Business is a book published by The Jakarta Consulting Group, a company that has consulted a lot of family businesses for several years. With this track record, it is not surprising to see that all chapters in this book are based on practice, not just a theory.
Bulan: Desember 2007
Bug and Wrong Environment
The opposite of mosquito is a sort of bug called “kutu anjing” when it is inserted into match box (kotak korek api?). Naturally, the bug can jump 300 times of the size of its body. Unfortunately, after being trapped, it can only jump twice as high as its body due to the size of match box Whenever it tries to jump, it hits the roof of match box.
Education Reform: Redefine the Role of School
A few days ago I listened to Ayah Edy’s talk on Smart FM. He, an expert in education, proposed new paradigm of education. In his opinion, today’s education can not provide students with competence to deal with hyper competitive era.
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Edensor: Keliling Eropa Mencari Saripati Hidup
Saat membaca buku ketiga dari tetralogi Laskar Pelangi karya Andrea Hirata ini semakin jelaslah bahwa tokoh utama di buku ini adalah penulisnya sendiri — hal yang masih samar pada buku sebelumnya. Untuk meyakinkan betapa nyatanya kisah dalam novel ini, pada satu bab diperlihatkan hasil scan wesel yang pernah diotorisasi oleh Andrea saat dia menjadi pegawai kantor pos di Bogor. Entahlah jika wesel tersebut cuma rekayasa.
Lanjutkan membaca “Edensor: Keliling Eropa Mencari Saripati Hidup”
Mosquito and Acceleration
On the way home I listened to Jamil Azzaini from Kubik Leadership on Trijaya FM. He said that everybody of us had to create a wishing star in order to experience successfull life. Without a wishing star or a vision, our activity would go without direction. This situation could be resembled with a passenger who rode the taxi without telling the driver the destination he wanted to go.
