Archive for the 'People' Category

Mauritian businesses & innovation do not rhyme

Thursday, August 14th, 2008

 

I was listening to someone’s a business idea a few days ago and that person seemed totally confident that the idea could be concretized into a viable business. In theory and in isolation, the business idea would have worked because it was based on a conventional model that satisfied the basic requirements of clients.
However, in [...]

Nine Passion Liberators

Thursday, August 14th, 2008

You will recall on my previous blog where I revealed my EQ profile. In my strengths part of the profile written by Professor Leonard Young, came out: energy and enthusiasm as well as social skills. In a nut shell, my motivator could well be summarised in a single word: PASSIONATE.
The dictionary defines ‘Passionate’ as: [...]

Forgotten Citizens

Monday, August 11th, 2008

 

We are talking about Mauritius in terms of economic growth, modern nation, and future Africa/Asia hub, but we don’t pay much attention to crucial aspects like social balance, equitable wealth spread, and a Mauritius that has a place for everyone. We don’t realize that these crucial aspects have a major contribution towards helping the country [...]

EQ Profiling made by Prof. Leonard Yong

Wednesday, January 9th, 2008

Your strengths are as follows:
 
Colleagues appreciate your energy and enthusiasm. You would qualify as the ultimate royalty who reaches out to his/her subjects because you truly enjoy reaching out to others. If someone were to put you down on canvas, you would sell a million copies like the Mona Lisa due to your popularity. [...]

Ah Lim & Yiptong Marriage saga 1946

Wednesday, December 5th, 2007

Why were Koung Koung and Popoh YIPTONG reluctant to the marriage of my father Pak Lin to my mother Cecette? To be able to answer the question, it would be necessary to get to the background story to situate the scene and place us in the context of the time and place.
We were [...]

Amede Maingard

Saturday, December 1st, 2007

Last week at the Rogers house there was the launching of the biography of Amede Maingard, Behind enemy line with the SAS. He was the visionary who founded the Tourism industry and Air Mauritius.
I had the privilege to have known the man and worked for him. Before I finished school because of the friendship which [...]

Sophie Faure

Thursday, November 29th, 2007

La présence des entreprises chinoises sur la scène mondiale est aujourd’hui incontournable. Et pourtant, nous ne les avons pas vu venir… Comme le chat, elles ont cette aptitude à bouger très vite, à sauter et à retomber sur leurs pattes, quelle que soit la hauteur de la chute. D’où tirent-elles leur force ? Pouvons-nous nous en [...]