Back in 2008, when people still did brunches and struck deals while hobnobbing in business class, artist Sudarshan Shetty bumped into real estate tycoon Manish Maker on a flight. The young Maker who well understands his art, asked Shetty to create something that best represented the city of Mumbai. On a paper napkin, right then and there, Sudarshan Shetty sketched a BEST double decker bus with giant wings that reached for the skies.
Money plus people equals power, and this has been Mumbai’s cachet. But the pandemic has shown that in an interconnected world, power is only as good as one’s weakest link. Malcolm Gladwell, who collects theories for a living, cites the idea of a football team to illustrate this one. A soccer team, says Gladwell, is only as good as its poorest player because it’s an interactive sport unlike say basketball which he calls a ‘strong legs’ sport. A LeBron James can single-handedly move across the court for a slam dunk but a mediocre player can fluff the best pass set up by a Messi or a Xavi. Improving weak players’ performance is more productive for football teams in the long run than raising the standard of their top players, he posits.
Money plus people equals power, and this has been Mumbai’s cachet. But the pandemic has shown that in an interconnected world, power is only as good as one’s weakest link. Malcolm Gladwell, who collects theories for a living, cites the idea of a football team to illustrate this one. A soccer team, says Gladwell, is only as good as its poorest player because it’s an interactive sport unlike say basketball which he calls a ‘strong legs’ sport. A LeBron James can single-handedly move across the court for a slam dunk but a mediocre player can fluff the best pass set up by a Messi or a Xavi. Improving weak players’ performance is more productive for football teams in the long run than raising the standard of their top players, he posits.