Get off classroom hangover !

 CLASSROOMS TO BOARDROOMS

Dear readers,
This blog of mine is based on the simple fact that we are all aware of but we still don't bother to think more about it, "It's a different ball game out there" . And with "out there" i mean the real world and "ball game" i mean situations. After students graduate from colleges in their respective fields, they still tend to have this hangover from classes, with hangover i am referring to the studies the ideas that we undertake.

Really? Yes! A few months down the line i was busy attending classes in my B-school and was excited about how well em i gonna use all this in my work place, but then after i got myself in one of the leading FMCGs in India, i came to understand the fact that all the learnings are good to vomit in the answer papers and not in board meeting.

guys, understand the fact that i really em not stating that class education is crap, but all the lessons we learn are used to discipline ur life, ur state of mind and get the eternal power of knowledge, something that stays useful thruout our lives, however, in a board meetings when you are willing to shower the guys with all the knowledge that you have collected over the years, its just doesn't work. Here, everything is situational, no theories, no alternatives, no reviews are used, u have to deal with case studies were you play one of the characters and if you under perform, they kick you out.

The moral of the blog however is, in your professional  lives, keep eyes open to real life references, real cases and not just theories from classes. The distance from classrooms to boardrooms isn't just about paychecks and formalities, its more of being practical, make your own theories and create solutions and not just find problems.

Let's all Rise & Shine

Cheers,
Akash Poddar