Thoughts
Nano Presentations
Aug 25th
We’re living in an age where torture by powerpoint happens in every meeting and death by powerpoint happens in every third meeting. I have come to realise a very simple truth. Most recipients hate long presentations but make the same mistake when they write a presentation. Today I had a very good client meeting and the entire 30 slide presentation was actually presented through one key slide. It was simple and clear so the client finally said just give me this one slide. I believe future of communication is in brevity and Nano Presentations will win over Mega Presentations.
Redundant Processes
Aug 7th
Last 12-18 months have been tough for most businesses and we have seen wide scale redundancies in jobs. Most analysts & observers are so much focused on corporates cutting people in order to reduce costs. But I’m surprised to see that most organizations pay no attention to processes and making them redundant based on their level of importantance. In my observations people continue to follow processes & generate reports as if it is business as usual… and that too with lesser people. We should be thinking about Process Redundancies and develop a 3-6-9 months roadmap to get rid of unnecessary processes that cost us time, efforts and hence money.
Loss of my travel buddy
Jul 17th
We arrived in Copenhagen a couple of hours back from Honningsvag. It was a long journey with 3 flight changes. Our bags took some time to arrive and to my horror I realised that the handle for my bag was broken. It is almost impossible to carry a bag without its handle unless I lift and carry it. So I walked upto the SAS counter to complain and they acknowledge the fault. They reacted quickly and replaced my bag with a new one.
As we started shifting my stuff from the bag…thoughts started flying… and then the it struck me that I’m going to abandon a travel buddy. You might think I’m crazy but people who spend a lot of time on the road will tell you how important it is to have a bag that serves you well. Quite a few requirements are there – sturdy, compact, style, water-proof, design etc…
This bag was perfect for my travel needs and accompanied me to 20 odd countries and traveled over 300,000 miles. It never failed me. It was always there when I rushed for flights or once in a while missed them and got stuck.
In no time my stuff was transfered to the new bag and with heavy heart I bidded farewell to my travel buddy who went through some crazy travel with me. All I could say was Thank You!
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