Tag: leadership
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Rare Souls – Steve Jobs: An Apple Customer Relations Story
I head back to the office and trawl the internet, looking for the email IDs of Steve Jobs (no introduction required) and Tim Cook, the then Head of International Sales. I wrap a mail citing the whole episode in graphic detail and copy all the email IDs I found.
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Rare Souls: Ratan Tata-My Personal Experience
Rest In Peace Ratan Tata. Late last night I saw a post that announced his sad demise. What a man, what a beautiful soul! Dignified Personality Apart from his persona and charm, he was a man with so many achievements to his credit. Unlike so many business barons, his achievements and philanthropy are so muted,…
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Kṛṣṇa & Neuro Linguistic Programming – Part 4
Neuro Linguistic Programming or NLP is a great way to observe, analyze, assess, intervene and assist people needing help and indeed to assist ourselves. It is a great tool to assist when we are at our weakest.
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Krishna & Neuro Linguistic Programming – Part 3
Before we verbalze, we usually concoct something that we are able to accept in our minds (rationalization and excuses) and then once this self-convincing is done, we sell this to the ones we’re dealing with.
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Krishna & Neuro Linguistic Programming: Part 2
What I propose is that Krishna uses basic and fundamental NLP – Neuro Linguistic Programming techniques tIn India and elsewhere, but mostly India, we worship, revere and regard Krishna as the Supreme Godhead. However, in this piece we look at his role as a friend, philosopher, guide, mentor and Guru. We also examine what techniques and…
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Krishna & Neuro Linguistic Programming – Part 1
The battles in our mind tend to be far more difficult than real battles. Our minds perceive obstacles, some real and some imagined. Even when coping or overcoming real obstacles, we tend to create a mountain out of a molehill. The mind finds seemingly plausible (easily acceptable) reasons (read excuses) to thwart the endeavor.
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Startups: #6 – Final, Anatomy of Failure.
Amol and I were with a leading captain of industry, and an authority on the Startup ecosystem, just this past Monday, and the discussion centred around the rather vexatious subject. We discussed Scale challenges, operational challenges, skill challenges. We also discussed specifics about how certain well-known Private Equity, Venture Capital firms were struggling, and were…
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Startups: Part 5 – Down & Dirty of the Money Game.
Startup success sin’t measured purely in terms of funds invested. The Punt or the exit isn’t the measure of success, Profits are.
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Startups: Not for Everyone – Part 4, Last Straw?
That was not to be, and instead, despite my considerable stints with considerable and financially sound national and international corporations, in seniormost roles, both in India and four continents, I would still continue to deal with businesses, with roles and assignments, that all had in some way, shape or form, “startup” as the central pivots…
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