Tag: Strategy
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A tale of two cards
“Building a visionary company requires one percent vision and 99 percent alignment.” —Jim Collins and Jerry Porras, Built to Last And I believe the alignment needs to show not in meetings but on the ground – in customer interactions, in every process and the decision making across all levels. A recent experience drove home the point very…
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Lessons from “David & Goliath” by Malcolm Gladwell
“David and Goliath – Underdogs, Misfits and the art of battling giants” is the new book from Malcolm Gladwell which is based on the premise that maybe we have all been looking at the David and Goliath story completely wrong. Gladwell starts by discussing specific details from the Biblical story to build the case that…
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How much should we pay
Amazing little discussion today, which brought forth the consumer perception about pricing. A guy walks upto the apartment across the road & offers to remove the bee-nest. He gets the job for a small sum of money (not sure how much) and the deal says, he will get to keep the honey also. He comes…