I am looking forward to the Services Industry Summit Oct 6-8, 2008 at Las Vegas. I am the keynote speaker on the morning of Oct 7 and will be speaking on the topic called “The Fulcrum Effect” A quick overview of talk is here: The Fulcrum Effect LinkedIn wants us increase our contact count. Twitter… Continue reading
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Things that make me smile #39 – Breaking News
When I hear the words “Breaking News” on TV, I smile because usually now the news is already “broken” by blogs, websites and twitter. The last few times the “Breaking News” was about Merrill Lynch, Bear Stearns, Lehman Brothers and AIG – really about companies that were literally “breaking” May be for these kinds of… Continue reading
Things that make me smile #38 – Brakes are not working…
Sumukh has a new cycle and it’s only four days old. Two days ago, he came to me and said something is wrong with his bike. It seems like the brakes were stuck. I went out to check what was wrong and just like he said, the brakes were stuck and the back wheel was… Continue reading
Saving The World At Work AND making a profit!
Tim will always have a special place in my heart. I still remember the first meeting with him – probably in 2000. It was at the Yahoo! cafeteria and we had lunch. Tim spoke about building relationships and of course, left a lasting impression on me. Since then we have met a number of times… Continue reading
iCharts launched; Invitation code for premium beta accounts
Disclaimer: I am involved in iCharts as a co-founder, investor and an active board member. iCharts was launched at the recently concluded TechCrunch50 conference. The Background: Here are the facts: * There are about 40 million charts online. * If that seems a lot, compare that to 900 Billion charts that gets printed worldwide in… Continue reading
Invitation to participate in BRANDTASTIC! project…
My new book will be titled BRANDTASTIC! Personal Branding 2.0 It is a book that has been in the works for close to 3 years. I almost thought I had completed the book. However, upon discussion three people who are helping me with my book (Peter Winick, Bill Sherman and Arun Nithyanandam) I realized that… Continue reading
Horror on an Airplane; Please support Mohan
Mohan from Infosys sent me an email a few minutes ago about his personal tragedy. Reading through what they had to go through recently brought tears to my eyes. Mohan and his wife were traveling on Jet Airways Flight 9W 229 from Brussels to New Delhi with their 4.5 month old baby Aditya Mohan. For… Continue reading
New ChangeThis Manifesto – Mini Sagas: Bite Sized Wisdom for Life and Business
I was first introduced to the concept of Mini Saga by Dan Pink. It’s been a couple of years and I have written 26 mini sagas. For starters, a mini saga is a story in exactly 50 words. Not 49 or 51 but in exactly 50 words. My new manifesto published on ChangeThis is based… Continue reading
Screencast – "Using Jiffle" – Courtesy of Andrew MacNeill
I know. Jiffle should have created this screencast to show how to use Jiffle. Mea Culpa. Hari and I are thankful to Andrew MacNeill who has created a cool 5 minute screencast on “Using Jiffle to Schedule Meetings” Here is the link: Screencast: Using Jiffle to Schedule Meetings (Courtesy: Andrew MacNeill) Have a great week… Continue reading
Creating High-Impact Ideas That Work – Virtual Seminar by Dan Heath
My friends at Center for Great Management are putting together a virtual seminar by Dan Heath (co-author of “Made to Stick”) on August 28, 2008 The book was a fascinating read and I am sure the seminar will be equally exciting. Here is the link to more information about the seminar: Dan Heath Seminar: Creating… Continue reading