- How powerful or powerless people are you looking for?
Of course, the question in the title is absurd. A more appropriate question will seek to answer a combination of inquiries: are you looking for someone who will follow your instructions? Are you looking for someone who will correct you when you’re mistaken? Are you looking for someone who will speak up when they know ...
- When should you start your act?
When you get on a stage? Or while walking on the road on a random Sunday afternoon? The successful showman in any show business starts his act as soon as he gets on a stage. But a legendary showman/woman does not need to start their act when they get on a stage. Their act is always ...
- Trust is getting scarce, but old principles are here to stay
Not among people. But between the interaction of people and organizations. I’m not talking about the employer-employee relationship here. That’s secondary. The trust between a brand and people. Thanks to the past 30 years of cultural conditioning, we know there is going to be some caveat during our interaction with any business entity. Have you come ...
- What’s common between a dog bite and a cold call?
Most of us fear both. And these are not the only fears that we harbor. Consider a few examples:The fear of a cold shower vs the fear of presenting a ppt deck The fear of a knife cut vs the fear of your ideas being rejected The fear of falling off a cliff vs the fear of being ...
- Changing the defaults in everything you do
I dislike pre-installed applications on smartphones or computers. You can’t even remove some of them. The majority of them are ineffective at what they do. The fact that some of the third-party apps come pre-installed as a part of the deal is a signal that there are not many takers. For example, most of us ...
- A simple filter test to make your surveys meaningful
At any stage of your work, do you design surveys? The ones with endless questions and options? Then we’re the same type. Or almost the same type. Working in the non-profit sector, we need to conduct surveys. The word need is both significant and deadly here. Many times when we think we need to conduct a ...
- The seductive urge to manage people
Recently, some realization dawned upon me and here I am. Could you imagine an organization without any managerial roles? Me neither. At least not until a few years back.For the past year, we have been working on a manager-less project. It is interesting that our colleagues haven’t noticed it yet. We have been able to inculcate ...
- The Fastest Way to Lose at a Pitch/Work/Relationships
Yes, there is more than one. But there is a specific one, which is not only the fastest, but it also ensures the loss of the audience’s trust. Feeling of being deceived. I’m still not over one product pitch that I had recently attended. The product seemed straightforward, it was the curiosity about its pricing that had ...
- The Need to be Forgotten or Becoming Invisible
All we want to do is to be remembered, to leave a legacy. If not in the form of a celebrity, then in the form of a celebrated family member or in a social circle. The attraction for being remembered is real and humane. The same need to be remembered, to be recognized is felt by ...
- “It has always been like this”
Well, it might have. But the fact is, it has been like that since the time I have been around. I can’t say the same for the people who have been in my place before me. When we place too much reliability on our experience alone, we give rise to a disconnect. A disconnect between ...