Let me tell you a story first. I use this story often in my Creative Blockbusting© workshops. (http://www.ideasrs.com/workshops/creative-block-busting/)
I have a friend Natarajan (Nat to his friends) who is also a Tambrahm (Tamilian Brahmin) like me. He is a senior manager in one of the Indian Multi-Nationals. He and his family are vegetarians.
Nat has a nice [...]
All of us have things that bug us. Here are a few of my bugs.
“Who is Diya?”
“Good morning, Prasna*. I was hoping you would raise the question.”
“Answer the question please.”
“Diya is the daughter of a sex worker.”
“Why I should I give her a chance? Chance to do what?”
“Girls like Diya are drawn into the sex and drug trade, if they are not rescued. An NGO called ASSET India Foundation [...]
(How to help a charity without spending money )
”Do you have to be talking in riddles all the time? How can 3 clicks change lives?”
“Prasna, I know you are upset because I have not written for a long time. However it is true that you can change some people’s lives with just 3 clicks on [...]
The clock struck two as we entered our prospect’s office that afternoon. My team and I were pitching for new business from a very important client. We had got this appointment after chasing the client for nearly three months. We were presenting to the CEO, his marketing chief and a team of young brand managers. [...]
“Do you know how to create a wow?” Prasna asked me on the phone yesterday.
“I think so.”
“Have you created a wow, recently?”
“I think so”
“Can you then write a post on ‘How to create a WOW!’?”
“Yes. Why do you want me to write about it?”
“Because ‘wow’ has become a cliché and I suspect people do not [...]
This is an outstanding book about how one should look at his career.
There are many things good about the book. However, what I found most useful is a section called ‘Targeting Talents. This section helps us identify our talents and start thinking about how we can put them to work building the kind of world [...]
I was in Bangalore those days. We had one of the leading hotels as our client.
The General Manager introduced an interesting service guarantee for room service. It is somewhat like what Domino does now. If the room service order was not executed in 15 minutes, the guest did not have to pay.
The General Manager thought [...]
“Ah! You want to teach others how to write better. Don’t you think this is audacious?”
“No Prasna. I am going to share a few tips about what I have learnt over the years. These are simple things everybody can use.”
“Ok, then go on.”
The Internet has changed the way people look at reading [...]
I read this statement years ago. I am in two minds about this. Do I accept this or challenge this?
I have seen people like Mr. Xerxes Desai, former Managing Director of Titan Watches. Mr. Desai is a perfectionist and his sense of aesthetics, quality and detail raises the bar on everything. Because of him everybody [...]