Extrinsic Motivation Can Kill Intrinsic Motivation!
Yes, let me give you a few examples. My wife counsels would-be suicide victims. She does it out of her inner calling to help people. Hearing the good work that she did,…
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7 Virtues of Transformational Leadership - What does it take?
Transforming Successfully - needs vision, risk-taking, leadership and innovation! Let me compare an organization undertaking transformation to a the making of a…
5 Leaders, 5 Learnings
Get inspired, Learn the ropes, Make them your default behavior I have had some really good bosses in my career so far. I also have had my share of individuals who still…
Great 'Minutes' Saves Months!
What is recorded, assigned and followed-up on, gets done! Meeting Minutes ensure that the above mantra is followed! In 2018, I drove the Digital Transformation for a…
Meetings can be good for you!
Meetings are perfect grounds for learning, if used well! When you start looking at meetings as learning opportunities, you can definitely notice the array of skills that…
True Leadership: What makes a leader, a leader?
Leadership is in the little actions. The small gestures. The ‘minor’ touchpoints that present themselves throughout the day. Small gestures have a big impact! Amazing…
How to be a Good Listener?
What makes someone a good listener? Listen - I have something to tell you! We have all been there — Zoning out when someone is talking!Someone is talking about financial…
Rock your presentation! USe the location for your topics!
Use Locations as memory tags! Let me explain. Many times, you would have seen that when you visit a place where you have been, memories come flooding! There would be…
How to ensure a great presentation!
My humanities teacher at college taught me an approach to presentations that has come in handy whenever i have a presentation. Imagine presenting as taking a flight to…
25 Tips for a great Corporate Career Simple tips for an exciting career!
No rocket science, just performance and consistency! Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay A corporate career can be exciting, filled with learning and a great place to…
7 traits of Transformative Leadership
Transforming Successfully - needs vision, risk-taking, leadership and innovation! Let me compare an organization undertaking transformation to a the making of a…
Leadership: 6 steps to ensure ‘Work From Home’\u200b works!
We, as leaders, have to enable our teams — get ready for the magic! Bharath Kumar Balasubramanian Mar 12 · 4 min read Working from home has never been needed as it is…
How communicating right can save lives!
You might have all the data, would have done the research — but, if you can’t get your point across. What’s the use? Bharath Kumar Balasubramanian Mar 14 · 4 min read…
Data Driven Decisions: Google’s ’50 shades of Blue’\u200b experiment
Would you believe it if I told you that switching to a different shade of blue netted Google as additional $200 Mn in Ad revenue? When you do a Google Search, you have…
Listen, I have something to tell you!
The best feeling in the world is when you are being listened to. Undivided attention, the subtle urges to go on and a razor focus on the subject that is being discussed.…
BlockChain: The latest addition to my Swiss Knife!
I have been implementing plenty of Digital Transformations with my well-used tools - Social, Mobility, Analytics, Cloud & Online Commerce. BlockChain now adds quite a…
Digital Transformation: The making of the Butterfly
Excerpt: This article presents my thoughts on Digital Transformation. Like a Butterfly emerging from a Caterpillar post metamorphosis, Organizations undergo transition…
Digital Transformations & Survivorship Bias: What adding armour to bombers can teach us
Let’s get more boys home! Imagine getting engaged in a dogfight in the sky. There are bullets whizzing past your cockpit, muffled thuds of the anti-aircraft guns and…
Blockchains - A Catalyst for Digital Transformations: Challenges & Approach (Part 3/3)
Excerpt: BlockChain as a problem solver, Driver in Digital Transformation initiatives BlockChain as a problem solver, Driver in Digital Transformation initiatives What…
Blockchains - A Catalyst for Digital Transformations: Applications (Part 2/3)
BlockChain as a problem solver and Driver in Digital Transformation initiatives What are some exciting applications of BlockChain today? We discussed 3 use-cases in the…
Blockchain - A Catalyst for Digital Transformations: Problems Solved (Part 1/3)
BlockChain as a problem solver, Driver in Digital Transformation initiatives How BlockChain addresses some of the issues faced by Digital Transformation initiatives in…
Conduct Workshops that Work! (Part 2/2)
Be in control of your workshops and achieve much more than what you set out to do! Work together for a great workshop! This post follows from the part 1 at:…
Conduct Workshops that Work! (Part 1/2)
Conducting workshops can be challenging while being incredibly illuminating! Let me begin with an original quote “The only reason that a workshop hasn’t worked, is…
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Great Customer Experience - It is all around us!
You can observe and learn, everyday! Customer Experience - All around us! Image source: B2B News Network Superlative customer experience need not be restricted to the…