I watched quietly, with amusement, the scene playing out. We were at IIMA on training, all from diverse backgrounds, companies and government departments, except we were presumably senior. The time was for a group photograph, at IIMA, they do it on the first day straightaway of the Management Development Programme. Thirty odd in number, we milled around, wondering where to stand or sit. In a milieu of no hierarchy, with a sprinkling of owners of businesses, the Professor simply took his seat in the front row and waited for the photographer to decide where to place the short, the tall, the tubby, simply all shapes and sizes. I, alone from my organisation there, shook a few hands and then decided to watch the fun. I simply decided my bulk and age entitled me to sit in the front row next to the Professor. One guy stood aloof, frowning, with two or maybe three satellites alternatively looking helpless and concerned. The Professor also noticed the three to four guys lu...
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