The Strategist Quiz (#155)

 

1. Which company’s corporate philosophy and belief systems are associated with the Japanese word kyosei and the ‘three selves’ — self-motivation, self-management and self-awareness?
    
2. This company’s first board comprised Raunaq Singh (late founder of Apollo Tyres), MA Chidambaram of SPIC, Coke bottler Charanjit Singh and VR Mohan of Mohan Meakins. It was headed by a person who did an apprenticeship at Rolls-Royce for three years (1964-67). Name this person and the company he founded. 
    
3. The CEO of which company plans to focus on the development of people in his organisation using the proven scientific principles of homeopathy and yoga? 
    
4. This product was a failure and was referred to as a pizza box. The number plate of its founder’s silver-coloured BMW bore its name. Name it.
    
5. The CEO of this company took up a summer job in a poultry farm during his school days and applied the learnings to manage his company. He also set up a corporate communication channel called U&I to establish better connect with his employees. Name him.
    
6. Who founded a VC firm called The Hot Fudge? 
    
7. Link Madonna, Demi Moore and Matthew McConaughey and a brand’s baseline, “Nuts for Life”. What do you get? 
    
8. What is colloquially referred to as the Toulouse Goose? 
    
9. This company was an offshoot of an initiative of a chemistry teacher, TK Gajjar, and his student Koti Bhaskar in the early 1900s. It started as a laboratory and was funded by the business family that currently owns it. Name it. 
    
10. Identify this luxury brand from its logo. It has set up shop in India. 

 

 

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