Men speak 7000 words a day vs 20000 by women..ahem

That’s a very (un)popular myth IMHO and has had its prominence, debunking, and a fair bit of memes going around as well. My first thought as I try to take this in was, why doesn’t this background stat help show up in the workplace scenario as much as it could have? We see anywhere between…

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Claim your seat at the table

This is my next in series of the (hopefully) morale boosting pep rants, aimed at team building and personality development. There are more often than not, multi faceted categories of people, in a team setting or situation: the table creators the din makers the note takers the mannequins The table creators are good at identifying…

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What is your brand value?

And WTH do onions have to do with your brand value? These are not trick questions folks, and not for the marketing savvy alone. This is my favourite opening dialogue when I engage in a mentoring session. Past good few months i have consciously been connecting with a multitude of people, as part of various…

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Do you Go to the Get or Get to the Go?

Figured the cryptic title yet? Almost rhapsodic! * pic courtesy: sketch by my 10 year old son Warning: Significant wordplay involved. Two innocuous statements combined to cause massive confusion 😄 I submit my quick perspective around this. The above 2 statements generically typecasts 2 kinds of people you get to (be and) meet. There is…

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The ORG effect in Transformation programs

What do you think are some of the most difficult challenges seen around executing Large Transformation Programs? And i am not talking about – the size, the scale or the complexity or technology involved.  So what matters? ðŸ¤¯

Stop chasing your tail! Err.. No can do!

If you are not chasing your tail yet, could mean one of many things: 1) You maybe extremely smart (and may have stopped chasing your tail or have never felt the need to) Or.. 2) You maybe extremely ignorant (and possibly don’t know what to chase yet) ..or maybe 3) You just don’t know where…

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