Success in Uncertain Times

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Success in Uncertain Times
There are rare businesses that benefit from global pandemics like Amazon delivery, Zoom video communications, hand sanitiser manufacturers, food deliveries and face mask manufacturers. And during the pandemic mini situations like the government announcing the closure of all public areas for a certain period of time makes queues outside of Decathlon and Ikea long because people are preparing for their new normal,…
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A Free Guide on Crisis Communication by Arne Sorenson

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A Free Guide on Crisis Communication by Arne Sorenson
Download your free guide to crisis communication by clicking on the image below   Marriott International President and CEO, Arne Sorenson has unintentionally given every leader who is having to lead in uncertain times a code to communicate in a crisis. A communication insight I have developed for these troubled times is that not saying anything, is saying everything about your leadership.…
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Story about Productivity

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Story about Productivity
Everyday we wake up to choices, a choice to scroll social media or a choice to read a book. a choice to respond to emails, WhatsApp messages or a choice to write something meaningful. a choice to get through a to do list filled with shallow work like pay bills, send message, call XYZ or a choice to create something. All the…
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Hyper-targeted Stories

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Hyper-targeted Stories
You decide, you are going to create a PDF document with all the information American’s would need to holiday in India. You will research, combine it with your experience and put it online for anyone who needs it. So what will be in the document? A logical mind would develop the document keeping the traveller’s experience in mind, VISA, flights, accommodation etc.…
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Storytelling :Women in Boardrooms Part 4 of 5

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Storytelling :Women in Boardrooms Part 4 of 5
This blog is part 4 of 5 of blog series Storytelling: Women in Boardrooms. In this blog I share strategies to overcome Manterruption. If you want to know what is Manterupption please read our previous blog. It is important to start with an understanding of why is a man interrupting? Men often perceive women to take things personally and overreact as…
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Storytelling: Popular is not Better

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Storytelling: Popular is not Better
I am sitting at an auditorium watching kids perform classical Indian dance. One after the other group of kids are coming on the stage and performing. Then one group suddenly starts to get a lot of claps. Every 2 – 3 mins people would clap and I would too but not because I thought it was good but because everyone clapped, I…
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Storytelling with Shared Emotions

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Storytelling with Shared Emotions
I advocate using a word of emotion in organisational storytelling. For example, notice the difference when I say Statement 1 : ” I ran a project in India and the project failed.”  Statement 2: ” I ran a project in India, the project failed and I am devastated.”  Just because I have added the word devastated, you will now think that I…
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Storytelling Emotion: Insecure Yet Optimistic

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Storytelling Emotion: Insecure Yet Optimistic
My Instagram feed, filled with quotes on insecurity, has done a brilliant job of equipping me with an ability to catch myself feeling negative emotions like insecurity, greed to do more, anxiety that I am not enough. I catch myself feeling those emotions and I say, ” Stop it, you don’t have to feel this way. ” Interestingly though, the built awareness…
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