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  • What if POETS had been modern day MANAGERS?

    The following self help and motivational insight has been adopted from Daniel Pink’s book A Whole New Mind

    “I say, ‘Get me some poets as managers.‘ Poets are our original systems thinkers. They contemplate the world in which we live and feel obligated to interpret, and give expression to it in a way that makes the reader understand how that world runs. Poets, those unheralded systems thinkers, are our true digital thinkers. It is from their midst that I believe we will draw tomorrow’s new business leaders.”

  • Why LEADERSHIP and TRUST cannot be separated?

    The following leadership insight has been adopted from Simon Sinek’s book Leaders Eat Last

    “Leadership is about integrity, honesty and accountability. All components of trust.”

  • Why all LEADER FOLLOWER relationships should be SYMBIOTIC in nature?

    The following leadership insight has been adopted from Simon Sinek’s book Leaders Eat Last

    “It is not the genius at the top giving directions that makes people great. It is great people that make the guy at the top look like a genius.”

  • Are you a different person at HOME and OFFICE?

    The following leadership insight has been adopted from Simon Sinek’s book Leaders Eat Last

    “As the Zen Buddhist saying goes, how you do anything is how you do everything.”

  • Are you feeling cheated in a RELATIONSHIP?Learn to avoid future pitfalls..

    The following leadership insight has been adopted from Simon Sinek’s book Leaders Eat Last

    “You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.”

  • Biggest ROADBLOCK to effective CHANGE IMPLEMENTATION..

    The following great marketing insight has been adopted from Seth Godin’s book All Marketers Are Liars

    “The reason so many effective solutions take forever to get implemented is that the fear of change is greater than the cost of sticking with what you’ve got. In other words, people wait until they have a heart attack or get diabetes before they go on a diet.”

  • How does STORYTELLING relate to MUSIC?

    The following marketing insight has been adopted from Seth Godin’s book All Marketers Are Liars

    “Your STORY is a SYMPHONY, not a NOTE”

  • As a MARKETEER are you making the same MISTAKE?

    The following marketing insight has been adopted from Seth Godin’s book All Marketers Are Liars

    “We’d like to believe that efficient, useful, cost-effective products and services are the way to succeed. That hard work is its own reward. Most marketers carry around a worldview that describes themselves as innovators, not storytellers.”

  • Why is STORYTELLING the most necessary prerequisite to MARKETING?

    The following marketing insight has been adopted from Seth Godin’s book All Marketers Are Liars

    “Stories (not ideas, not features, not benefits) are what spread from person to person.”

  • Is your CHILD this lucky to have you as FATHER?

    The following self help and motivational insight has been adopted from Malcolm Gladwell’s book Outliers

    “My earliest memories of my father are of seeing him work at his desk and realizing that he was happy. I did not know it then, but that was one of the most precious gifts a father can give his child.”