Saturday, April 11, 2009

Find your 'ELEMENT' : Sir Ken Robinson

Michelangelo once said “I did not create David, I merely discovered him. He was there within the stone, all I did was to chip-off parts which were not David”. So true, this statement clearly defines the role of parents, teachers and business leaders. Our job is to help discover the true talent by providing the right environment.

Sir Ken Robinson, a world renowned educationist and creative thinker, outlines the same in his excellent book: The Element: How Finding your Passion Changes Everything.
Here in this video-talk, Sir Ken, in his trademark humor, talks about the book and the need to find one's passion.
Don’t miss it.

Monday, April 6, 2009

Profit vs Market Share

And the debate continues...

I have friends who work across various industries-FMCG, including Retail, Telecom, Technology, Financial Services, etc. We meet up regularly, and I often ask them a naive' question: So, how is the company doing?

And invariably, their answer is: "Great! We have the largest market share in this product category";" My territory market share has gone up by x% "; " Oh! We are feeling some pressure; our market share is falling".

Does this sound familiar? , almost everyone seems to be talking about 'Market-Share,' but very few talk about 'profitability.' So let me share my perspective on the same…