About two weeks ago, after the Forbes Global CEO Conference in Dubai got over, I was invited to visit one of the Middle East’s biggest attractions, the Burj Khalifa, quite simply the tallest building in the world. One of the participants at the conference, a leading corporate lawyer from India, had his office there. High-speed elevators took 65 seconds to reach our host’s office, on the 154th floor. The interiors were plush, the design was amazing, but most of us will perhaps remember our whistle-stop tour for one other reason: The open loo that provided an amazing panoramic view of the city.
(This story appears in the 23 November, 2012 issue of Forbes India. To visit our Archives, click here.)