Author: Mukesh Gupta

Ideas

11 things you could do to beat the stress due to traffic jam

Build a playlist of your favorite music, one thatpumps you up and listen to it when stuck in a traffic jam. Use the record voice mode on your phone (most phoneshave it) to record your thoughts on any topic. You could even record your to dolist for the day on the phone. You could also record a love note for your hubby(or loved one’s) and send it to them as a voice message or play it to them onceyou reach home. Keep a book handy (for all you book-lovers). Read wheneverstuck in a jam where the traffic does not move […]

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10 things Kingfisher could do to save itself

Limit the number of check-in counters at allairports to one or two. Build and use self-service baggage check-ins. Discourageuse of the counters by charging customers who still use the counters tocheck-in themselves and their baggage. This will help reduce their employee countand also the rent that they pay for the real estate to the airports. Instead of providing a 5 course meal on the flight,provide vouchers to all passengers redeemable at either the originating orarriving airports to buy fresh food. This will help reduce their cost of servingthe customers and also enable customers to have freshly made food and offers […]

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10 things we can learn from the God of Cricket (Sachin Tendulkar)

His commitment to the team and his game. His ability to remain calm, focused and fit, whichhas helped him to play more cricket than anyone else in the history of thegame. His hunger for more success, despite being the mostsuccessful cricketer in the history of the game.    His ability to unlearn old techniques and learn newones to stay relevant in the changing times. His ability to adapt to the game/situation (abilityto shift between offense/defense). His humility despite all his success, adoration andthe love of the entire nation. His continued passion for the game (which he has playedmore than anyone […]

Customer Engagement

Customer engagement at its best

Heinz has decided to launch their next ketchupproduct exclusively on their Facebook page. This product will be soldexclusively to customers through their Facebook page for about a month, postwhich it will be made available at select Walmart & Safeway outlets. This intrigued me and I started to follow thediscussions on their facebook page. They have more than 830k likes!The levelof engagement they have with their fans is also amazing. They respond to allqueries, post new competitions, ask people to post pictures, videos, storiesassociated with their ketchup and then genuinely like/comment on these posts. Organizations who want to learn how to use […]

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You are fired Mr. MP!

In the past, conducting an assembly election was a mammothtask, a logistical nightmare. So, it was a practical solution to hold electionsevery 5 years.  This provided a level of stability to the government to take along term view on all important policy decisions without having to worry aboutthe short term impact these decisions could have on the government. However, I think it is time for us to sit back and re-lookat the past and see if this model still works for us or should we re-look atthe term of office for these elected representatives. Some questions that areworth asking are: […]