Source: My friend's Linkedin post Choice Overload is an interesting phenomenon that's been known and researched for decades. Here's an interesting encounter I had with it in a completely different scenario The term was first coined by entrepreneur Alvin Toffler in the 1970s, though Princeton academician George Miller had already alluded to the idea as... Continue Reading →
I liked this tree diagram! Source: The Speed of Trust by Stephen Covey
"You campaign in poetry. You govern in prose." - Mario Cuomo, the former Governor of New York Modifying this quote suitably to apply to the Corporate world: Marketing/Sales/Business Development/Advertising pitch to their clients in "poetry". However, Product Development, Project Management, Service Delivery, Fulfillment, Operations etc. departments have to finally deliver in "prose". Poetry can do... Continue Reading →
An old man who sells watermelons had his pricelist read: 1 for $3, and 3 for $10 A young man stopped by and bought 3 watermelons one by one paying $3 for each As the young man was walking away, he turned around and said: "Hey Oldman, do you realize that I just bought 3... Continue Reading →
44th Chess Olympiad in Chennai, Tamil Nadu (India)
Shane Parrish is one of the interesting persons in the world of Finance/Blogging/Podcasting. I first discovered him through his website/blog called Farnam Street. It's an excellent resource for a lot of interesting articles/blogs and insights. I have also subscribed to his newsletters. The internet rabbit hole is such that once you like someone you can... Continue Reading →
A few months ago I wrote a blog about career tips which was written as a contribution to the organisational marketing initiative. However, I had also conducted a session 4 years ago in my organisation about career guidance/advice for youngsters. I remembered that today while talking to a friend about the same topic and thought... Continue Reading →
I came across this interesting news which recently appeared in the Mint newspaper. A person in Bengaluru ordered food delivery via #Swiggy. The Swiggy delivery partner, in turn, booked a delivery via #Dunzo to be sent to the person who ordered it! The Swiggy guy even contacted the end customer and requested him to give him a five-star... Continue Reading →
The recently published article in Mint made me write this post which I had been planning to write for a while. The report says that Youtubers added Rs. 6,800 Crore to Indian GDP in 2020. The report also adds that this section added 689,900 "full-time equivalent" jobs in India as per a report by a... Continue Reading →
Today is birthday of Steve Jobs - one of the few people that influenced me and whom I follow closely. Steve Jobs was just amazing in marketing and impressive presentations. His two iconic product launch presentations must be watched and studied by every MBA student - one when he launched iPod and the other when... Continue Reading →
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