Author: Mukesh Gupta

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Best Among What I Read this Week

1. A Cult of Creation : In this post, Sam Yen shares his thinking on the importance of creativity in the innovation process and also how can enterprises scale creativity in their organisations. He shares the importance of finding the right problem to solve in the innovation process. I totally agree with him on the importance of finding the right problem to solve, before even attempting to solve any problem. 2. If you are determined to help, you can always find a way : In this video, Mr. Bean (yes, THE Mr. Bean) decides to help a roadside musician and […]

Personal Growth, Podcast, transformation

PBTO S2E5: Personal Knowledge Mastery with Harold Jarche

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http://traffic.libsyn.com/pushingbeyondtheobvious/2-05_PBTO_S2E5__Personal_Knowledge_Mastery_with_Harold_Jarche.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Email | RSSOpening music credits goes to Riju Mukhopadhyay & Pavan Cherukumilli Who is on the show: In this episode, we host Harold Jarche. He is focused on providing actionable insights for workplace transformation. He works with individuals, organizations, and public policy influencers to develop practical ways to adapt to the technological, demographic, and societal changes facing us today. Why is he on the show: I have been reading his blog for almost a couple of years and have learned a lot. He helped me change my approach to internalising important information that I come across through a […]

Leadership, Sales

5 Traits That Separate the Best Sales Managers from Average One’s

Premise: As the profession of sales evolves, new younger employees are welcomed in the sales force, the sales managers need to evolve with the change as well. Here are some skills that set certain sales managers apart from all others. 1. Tech savvy: With more and more millennials entering the sales force, they bring with them the expectation of leveraging technology in everything that they want to do. If as a sales manager, you are not able to keep pace with them, you could potentially lose respect in their eyes. In addition, it is a fact that good sales managers […]

Leadership

Rule #51 – Sometimes You Are Wrong

NCIS & Leroy Jethro Gibbs I am a big fan of the television series “NCIS” and have watched every single episode that has been released. There are 15 seasons and about 24 episodes in every reason and each episode is about 40 minutes long. You can do the math – the amount of time that I have spent watching this television series. I love this series because i like the central characters, specifically, the larger than life character – Leroy Jethro Gibbs. One of the reason I like him is because of his steadfast character, his loyalty & the loyalty […]

Ideas

Best among What I Read this Week

1. How to Increase Your Influence at work In this post, Rebecca talks about some tactics that we can use to increase our overall influence at work. She gives a lot of good advice. Read, learn and put it in practice. 2. What are you saying “No” to  In this post, Anthony talks about the impact that every ”Yes” we say has on our time, work and impact and argues the importance of picking the right “Yes” by saying “No” to everything else. 3. Marais  One of the best designs that I have seen in sometime. This is a gift pack for cakes […]