We like to think that when we take medication, it has an unfailing ability to get to where it is required in the body to treat the illness. But do you know, the cells we are trying to treat themselves can block entry to the drug because they think it's something foreign and potentially harmful. Basically, I don't know you, I don't trust you and I am not allowing you in even if you can do some...

This is part 2 of our Storytelling Techniques for Transforming Presentations Blog series. In Part 1 of this blog series, we answered questions that generally run through our minds even before we start putting our presentations together. In this blog, we share some learnings which are centered around delivering the story. I have yet to come across any literature on Storytelling that covers these...

2015 is 20 days away ( this post was written on 11 Dec 2014 ) and we are madly planning for a successful year. Much like every year we have a great list of things we will do and in 2015 we are determined to achieve it all. This is what we are thinking. Correct? Lets rethink this process because I have my doubts we will achieve it all. For the last 2 months I have travelled working on Brands...

We have 2 reasons to celebrate and 1 issue to fix today. Happy 60th Birthday Steve Jobs (you are still more alive than some who are actually alive) and Happy Maiden Ruckusmaker day. This morning, the first thing I read was Seth's Blog on Ruckusmaker Day. The blog ended with these lines. Commit to articulating your point of view on one relevant issue, one news story, one personal issue. Every day...

A few days ago my husband and I went to see a film. Before the movie started he went to buy a small bottle of water. When the cashier told him the bottle of water was $3, he returned the bottle and took back his money. I was aghast ! We had just paid $20 dollars for the movie tickets so $3 was nothing. And this was also the man who never hesitates to spend on holidays. How do you reconcile these...

Last week I was in a meeting with a client and we were discussing the content for a keynote that I am delivering for their sales conference in April. We also spoke about a workshop for their Sales Team, and the same question came up again. Storytelling, what is the Return of Investment? I personally don't believe it's the right question to ask but not having an impactful answer has bothered me...