Career Progression amidst Disruption

Rakesh Setia1

Written by: Rakesh Setia

About the author: Chief Sales and Marketing Officer at Rustomjee

Over the last three decades, many events have been marked as disruptive, such as :
1. Globalization, Computers and automation, Consumer Finance, Opening up of economy in 90’s
2. Mobile penetration, growth in internet coverage, banking, services in the first decade of 21st century …..

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Uncertain Times – What’s In Our Control?

Business Director – Luxury Grooming, Raymond Consumer Care | Strategy | P&L | FMCG | Consumer Goods

Written by: Raja Chakraborty

About the author: Business Director – Luxury Grooming, Raymond Consumer Care | Strategy | P&L | FMCG | Consumer Goods

Have you ever felt when someone is talking to you and you are trying to concentrate but multiple thoughts emerge in your mind and you struggle to concentrate. It has happened with me multiple times and I always felt these are just thoughts. But the reality is if we can control our thoughts a lot can change in our everyday lives….

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Seize the Opportunity

Harvard Business School Alumni | Entrepreneur | E-commerce | Consumer Internet | Corporate Strategy

Written by: Shivanandan Pare

About the author: Harvard Business School Alumni | Entrepreneur | E-commerce | Consumer Internet | Corporate Strategy

We all are going through an unprecedent crisis there is no doubt about it and this one is going to stay here for a while. This crisis will also change a lot of things and ensure that most of the things are not going to be the same anymore.
The good part is that such crisis comes once or twice in 100 years…

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Lessons from 2008 financial crisis

Managing Director at MiQ. Ex Google | Microsoft. Tech biz builder and investor In 2008

Written by: Siddharth Dabhade

About the author: Managing Director at MiQ. Ex Google | Microsoft. Tech biz builder and investor

In 2008, I was at Microsoft looking after a territory in South India region. The 2008 financial crisis hit hard every business. Majority of business in South India was hit as it was not only impacted by India slowdown but also outsourcing business was hit because it was directly connected to US Economy….

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Winning in a Competitive Environment

Abhijeet Mukherjee2

Written by: Abhijeet Mukherjee

About the author: Ex. President – QDigi Services | Ex. Hindustan Unilever, Coca-Cola, Eicher, Aircel & Monster.com

Designed and implemented a sharply focused, differentiated Sales & Marketing Strategy to win in the fiercely competitive telecom market of Delhi NCR and turned the business EBIDTA positive

It was year 2013, when I was handed the assignment…

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CMO to CEO : The Final Journey

Business Leader | Entrepreneur | Board Member | Former COO and CMO – Metropolis and Dr Lal PathLabs | Launched the brand Windshield Experts in India from scratch | Oberoi Group of Hotels

Written by: Sameer Kaul

About the author: Business Leader | Entrepreneur | Board Member | Former COO and CMO – Metropolis and Dr Lal PathLabs | Launched the brand Windshield Experts in India from scratch | Oberoi Group of Hotels | MBA – Bond University Australia

The top marketing job in the company is a minefield where many talented executives have failed. While some of this is attributable to the ambiguity of the role itself…

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Fret, Fume Or Fly: COVID-19 Is Here To Stay

Managing Director, Zicom Electronic Security Systems

Written by: Pramoud Rao

About the author: Managing Director, Zicom Electronic Security Systems

I have been since time memorial mesmerized by the game of soccer. It’s such a thrilling experience watching a fast paced, action packed soccer game. In almost 90 minutes flat while watching the game, one can enjoy the game and also pick up so many valuable lessons in Sales Management.There are several common touch points that the game and sales per se share in common…

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Sales in New Normal

Vice President, Customer Strategies YTY Group

Written by: Bhaskar Mukherjee

About the author: Vice President, Customer Strategies YTY Group

The coronavirus COVID-19 is affecting 213 countries. As long as the world has not found a cure or a vaccine for Covid-19, we may have to adjust to a “new normal”, meaning a new way of living and going about our lives, work and interactions with other people. “With every crisis, there is an opportunity. For the communication industry, this crisis gives us an immense opportunity to work…

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3 Mantras to decode the Last-Mile deliveries in congested cities

| Sr. Director- Digital Transformation & Innovation Advisory, SAP | Ensuring Customer Success & Building Winning Teams

Written by: Bharti Maan

About the author: Sr. Director- Digital Transformation & Innovation Advisory, SAP | Ensuring Customer Success & Building Winning Teams

As Covid spread its nasty pangs, the business of prophecy started working overtime to define how will it change the world and how the new normal will emerge. But almost ten weeks since the near shutdown in most parts of the world, the predictions of new normal have started to fade…

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Brand science for a successful Brand strategy

hief Marketing Officer Fintech | Ex Marketing, Brand & Alliance Head National Payments Corporation of India

Written by: Deb Gooha

About the author: Chief Marketing Officer Fintech | Ex Marketing, Brand & Alliance Head National Payments Corporation of India

The days of designing a traditional brand strategy is over, the digital ecosystem has added new fields to the foundation of brand strategies. Learning how to apply the new brand science to data with a convincing approach to drive and validate brand marketing strategy is in…

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The Marketing Mantra Through Transformation Leaders

Dr Sharmila Banerjee1

Written by: Dr. Sharmila Banerjee

About the author: CEO at Green Chillies Motion Pictures | Founder and CEO -IWLF | The Leadership Consortium

Create a synergistic marketing environment where the CMO and CXO/CCO can collaborate to create the best customer experience

Marketing is any business action that creates interest or gathers information about a prospect or potential customer….

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Dimension of Reverse-Innovation to Businesses

Shantha Martin

Written by: Shantha Martin

About the author: Chief Executive Officer at PENTAGON Group

The COVID experience has caused a paradigm shift in the choices we will make

The existence of the human race, is a story of survival; in the midst the vagaries of our existence, we have innovated and we have evolved. The unexpected vicissitudes has always brought with itself lessons, which have caused a paradigm shift….

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