Showing posts with label andy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label andy. Show all posts
Sunday, May 28, 2017
Andy Murray Angelique Kerber named top seeds for Australian Open
Andy Murray Angelique Kerber named top seeds for Australian Open
British maestro Murray will be aiming to clinch his first title at Melbourne Park after losing in the final of the tournament for five times, including in 2011, 2013, 2015 and 2016 to Serbian rival Novak Djokovic, who is seeded two.
Meanwhile, Kerber, reigning Australian and US Open champion, will head to Australia hoping to defend her first Grand Slam title, Sport24 reported.
The Australian Open will stick with the current rankings when its seeds 32 players in each of the mens and womens 128-player singles draws.
Wimbledon finallist Milos Raonic is seeded-third in the mens seedings, with US Open champion Stan Wawrinka, Kei Nishikori, Gael Monfils, Marin Cilic, Dominic Thiem, 14-time Grand Slam champion Rafael Nadal and Tomas Berdych completing the top 10.
As far as list of top 10 womens seeds is concerned, former world number one Serena Williams is seeded No. 2, followed by Agnieszka Radwanska, Simona Halep, Karolina Pliskova, Dominika Cibulkoa, Garbine Muguruza, Svetlana Kuznetsova, Johanna Konta and Carla Suarez Navarro.
Swiss star Roger Federer, who has won the Australian Open four times, will start at No.17 as he makes a comeback after six-month long injury layoff.
Federer recently slipped to No. 17 in the rankings after Grigor Dimitrov won the Brisbane International and moved up to No 15.
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Sunday, May 21, 2017
Andy Grove Silicon Valley Legend
Andy Grove Silicon Valley Legend
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| Source: Time magazine |
Andy Grove died this week. A Silicon Valley legend, Grove led Intel for many years. In 1997, Time named him its man of the year for his profound impact on society as the leader of one of the firms behind the computer revolution.
Grove wrote one of my favorite CEO-authored books of all time - Only the Paranoid Survive. In the book, he discusses the importance of constructive conflict as a means of making sound decisions particularly at strategic inflection points. Heres an excerpt:
It is important to realize what the purpose of these debates is and what it isnt. Dont think for a moment that at the end of such debates all participants will arrive at a unanimous point of view. Thats naive. However, through the process of presenting their opinions, the participants will refine their own arguments and facts so that they are in much clearer focus. Gradually all parties can cut through the murkiness that surrounds their arguments, clearly understand the issues and each others point of view. Debates are like the process through which a photographer sharpens the contrast when developing a print. The clearer images that result permit management to make a more informed - and more likely correct - call. The point is strategic inflection points are rarely clear. Well-informed and well-intentioned people will look at the same picture and assign dramatically different interpretations to it. So it is extraordinarily important to bring the intellectual power of all parties to this sharpening process.
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Monday, February 20, 2017
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