Author: Mukesh Gupta

Personal Growth, Recommendation, transformation

Importance of Taking a Pause, Reflect and Celebrate the Journey

Premise:   The past few weeks of lockdown have had some kind of impact on each and every one of us. Most of the people that I speak to (and believe me, I speak to a lot of people every single day) tell me that they have become busier, more meetings, more work, more calls. I’ve seen something similar happen to me as well.   Are you busier now than pre Covid?   This is surprising on many levels. One would expect that the exact opposite to happen. Most businesses are closed. Not much is being produced or sold or […]

Ideas, Leadership

Thoughts about How to Define and Use Metrics Effectively

Premise:   We live in a world (now more than ever) filled with data. Collecting data, all kinds has become fashionable. What this has also led to is the proliferation of KPI’s.   We measure all kinds of things and it has slowly but steadily become common practice to move to pay-for-performance models in every sphere of life including businesses, policing, healthcare, education, non-profits, governments, etc.   The assumption is that if the KPI’s are being achieved and over a period of time are trending in the right direction (usually up and to the right corner), everything is good.   […]

Ideas, Innovation

A Prime Example of Human Creativity, Ingenuity and Resilience

I came across this music video that made me sit up and brought a big, wide, smile. Watch it first here. https://vimeo.com/412337478 This is a prime example of what happens when you bring together people who are willing to test boundaries, explore, stay curious and above all want to express themselves. The choreography, music, the interaction between the panes is simple yet comes alive.   Who said that you can’t make music videos when you are physically distanced. Nothing needs to and will stop because of the physical distancing that the pandemic has created.   Here is another example of […]

Personal Growth, transformation

How To Come Out Stronger and Ready to Thrive Post Crisis

Premise: We are already seeing a lot of signals in the economy of the upcoming tectonic shifts and the ripples that they will cause.   We have a record number of publicly listed companies in the US deciding not to give out dividends so that they can conserve cash.   We’ve seen announcements from large firms indicating that the majority of their workforce will now work from home permanently.   We have seen businesses starting to cut salaries {and in some cases not pay any salary at all}.   We have seen massive amounts of people losing their jobs {in […]

Strategies to Thrive
Entrepreneurship, Ideas, Innovation, Marketing, Sales, Strategy

Strategies to Grow During a Slowdown Post Covid 19 Era

This post shares strategies to find growth in a climate of economic slowdown caused due to the covid 19 pandemic.