“One of these days, I have to start writing again!!!”
“So you think you can tell, heaven from hell… blue skies from pain..?”
“In Die Nacht!”
“If you don’t stand for something, you will fall for everything”
“Consumers are no longer buying brands, they’re buying experiences. What’s your brand experience?”
In his column in the Mint yesterday, Niranjan Rajadhyaksha writes about the fall of Nokia in the context of the Schumpeter warning on competition – that it comes not from price, or other players, but from a company’s own inability to keep up with the times and change. Change, Schumpeter pointed out, will come in … Continue reading
Today, I’d like to pay a tribute to the people of Egypt – on both sides of the walls we saw coming up in the preceding weeks. I pay tribute to the men and women who protested peacefully, without violence, yet stood firm behind their convictions. And I pay tribute to the Egyptian Army and … Continue reading
Admittedly this is not exactly new, but I was going through my books this morning and came across “New Thinking For The New Millennium” by Edward De Bono. As I read the synopsis and the first page, it hit me ~ this is so relevant today, actually more so today than it was at the … Continue reading
I’ve often debated the merits of being an assertive, lead-from-the-front, the-boss-is-always-right kind of leader, versus being a nurturing, i-am-right-behind-you, what-do-you-think kind of leader. And for me, the latter has always won the debate. However, I hear plenty of arguments in favor of the former school of thought, and also see great merits in it. Today … Continue reading
Life is all about choices. And the ones we make, and the ones we don’t define who we are, and define our lives. Choice itself has many interpretations and applications – from basic choices we make in our daily lives, to choice as an expression of free will, and a million things in between. Choice … Continue reading
