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Why Great Companies Fail ?
Companies much like humans seem to have a life of their own, new ones are born and some old ones go bankrupt or disappear under the fold of other companies. A few die premature deaths. There seems to...
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Motivation – What I learnt from my Kids
Being a parent is a wonderful thing. It was an amazing experience watching my kids learn to crawl, pull their weight, get on all fours, take their first tentative steps. They are older now but I still...
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Influencing the influencers – Gartner Magic Quadrants 101
It is that time of the year when most Gartner Magic Quadrants are in the facts review and draft stage. A stressful time for all the marketing and analyst relationship folks. It is after all their job...
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Content Is Not KING
A few months back I participated in a marketing conference organised by a well known social media company. In attendance were senior marketing managers and Chief Marketing Officers from the tech...
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Is It The End Of Google As We Know It…
Google’s new CFO Ruth Porat has become the darling of the wall street fraternity. Her speech last week (17th.July.2015) was music to the ears of the investment community. She made all the right noises,...
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Konnichiwa Financial Times – The digital story
Konnichiwa FT that is Hello FT in Japanese.. Last week was an interesting one for anyone following the Media industry. Financial times the 127-year-old, iconic British newspaper was sold by it’s...
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My Klout Score Sucks
It was the summer of 2013. I was browsing through a few open positions, when I came across a very interesting marketing job opening. What caught my attention was the section on qualifications...
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Once upon a time.. A B2B Marketing Story
Once upon a time in a land far far away, there was a little boy called Jack, who came across some magical beans. Jack lived in a small cottage with his mother. They were very poor. One day Jack’s...
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Should Nokia enter the mobile phone market again ?
In the past few weeks, rumours of Nokia re-entering the Nokia phone market has gained momentum. (Though this may depend on its terms of agreement with Microsoft, some say it could be as early as 2016)....
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What Intel, Kodak and Nokia have in common ?
At first glance there is little in common between Nokia, Intel and Kodak. Nokia was a mobile devices and telecom equipment company, Intel a chipset manufacturer and Kodak was known for it’s imaging...
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Digital – Transformational Or Disruptive ?
Digital Transformation is the new buzz word, most companies in the Tech world and beyond are jumping on this bandwagon. It is perhaps the most over used word in today’s business vocabulary, next only...
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Digital Demystified
Last week I was at a thought leadership event in London. The event brought together leaders from the media and telecom industry to discuss Digital; it’s impact on their businesses, the opportunities it...
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Of Kindred Spirits & Complimentary Skill Sets
Long haul flights pose a peculiar modern day problem for me; namely the art of avoiding conversations with my neighbor. There is nothing more tedious than a chatty co-passenger intent on striking a...
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Digital In Manufacturing, An oxymoron ?
If sweat and grime, sparks flying from huge cauldron’s of molten metal; massive railways engines being hauled by men in greasy overalls or menacing aircraft engines that can suck the life out of you...
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What Happens In Vegas Stays In…Branding Lessons From The Sin City
John Doe is a young sales manager working in a large technology firm for the past two years. This year he has been chosen to attend the annual sales conference; understandably, he is excited about his...
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Microsoft & LinkedIn – One Big Happy Family ?
Microsoft’s purchase of LinkedIn is perhaps the biggest tech news of the week, more so because it is CEO Satya Nadella’s first major acquisition since he took over from Steve Ballmer. Happy Leadership...
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