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Journalism of Courage
If looks could kill
Company promoters,normally,have Key Result Areas or KRAs to chart the performance of their CEOs,but not Tony Fernandes of AirAsia. The progress of Mittu Chandilya will be evaluated on his looks. You can chart the progress we are making by the way Mittu looks in 3-4 years. The worse he looks,the better we are doing, Fernandes said at a conference in Delhi. He added that in this industry one does not get time to even reconsider ones look in the morning look.
Learning from others errors
At a panel discussion at the Indian Ocean Rim Association for Regional Cooperation conference at Port Louis,Mauritius,on the opening day,a delegate asked what the association would do about the World Banks Doing Business report. The common refrain among the ministers was; one cant talk of ease of doing business in a multilateral framework. Indias commerce minister said that the countrys rules were tailored to serve the national interest. But Mauritian PM Navinchandra Ramgoolam hit the nail on the head. We will learn from others and make our business environment easier.
