A video dedicated to NSM

Dear All

 

As we all know that NSM is just around the corner and most of us will be going to Goa to be a part of it. I have a suggestion that why not we utilize the video footage and the photographs that we capture in Goa, to create a small video film (Or a music video with effects and background score). The video can serve as a memoir for the annual event. I have shot and edited some short films during my college days and will be happy to provide my assistance on this.

 

Do provide your valuable suggestions and feedback for this.

 

 

Regards

Navneet Khurana

Promotion Executive

Marketing PTG and HE

Pearson Education,

482, F.I.E., Patparganj,

New Delhi -110092

Ph: 011 – 43030217, +919891565754

E-Mail: navneet.khurana@pearsoned.co.in

 

A Year at Pearson

Yesterday was my first anniversary at Pearson, and I am not sure how my report card should read.

 

2008 was the most fun I have had in my working life, and believe me, I have enjoyed most of my career up to here. It has also been the most intense work I have done so far, and it’s a company where I can see myself building a career. I read somewhere that the average lifespan of a CEO today is about 18 months, so that may be presumptuous but I hope that’s what happens.

 

On the performance front, it’s been a pretty good year, as all of you know. I do think that we have removed some of the kinks in the organisation structure, and that we now have a team that is more cohesive than before. I think we are also shedding some of the petty beauracracy that bogged us down, and I hope this will allow us to be more nimble and market focused. I also hope we are moving to a more open culture, but one which is still performance based. So, there are some good things achieved, or partly achieved.

 

But when I look at my notes from the early weeks in the company, there are so many areas where I feel we have not made as much progress as we could have, so I think maybe it’s a reasonable start, but there’s still so much to do!

 

If you have ideas that you think should be on my agenda, or comments on what I may have done well or badly, please email me. Or just write and say, Happy Anniversary!

 

Vivek Govil

 

 

Some pictures of the new office

These are artist impressions, but they should give you some idea of what the new office might look like.
Here is the reception :

Here are the workstations :

Here is a view of the manager's cabin :

Here is the board room :
And finally here is the breakaway room, where you can have coffee or lunch: