We were in conversation with Rashmi Bansal, our Learning Monday guest. 'Shine Bright’ on ‘intrapreneurship’…
~ Vedashree Patankar and Deepa Soman When Deepa writes that our Learning Monday session on…
“How” to “Wow” ~ Deepa Soman The Beginning: We are at a client meeting in…
In October 2013 I received an invite to join a fitness group, Fit Right In…
~ Vedashree Patankar and Deepa Soman Our Lumière Learning Monday sessions are a popular weekly…
[caption id="attachment_498" align="alignnone" width="300"] Lumiere 22[/caption] Lumière was born on 15th September 1996, exactly 9…
A client writes a mail to a team member. She has shared a CV for…
~Vedashree Patankar Deepa starts out the session by saying ‘Today we…
We book a table for 2 at Sunny’s on Residency Road, Bangalore and wend ourselves…
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We book a table for 2 at Sunny’s on Residency Road, Bangalore and wend ourselves up to the first floor at a lovely seating by the open verandah. It's Thursday evening and Bangalore is our city. Its a city I first moved in on my own, worked, set up home,…
~ Deepa & Milind Soman We ran a workshop on the 4th and 5th of June. It was below par? The client gave us a ‘very good’/ ‘excellent’ rating but it still didn’t feel like a ‘win’. We have seen better workshops with more energy and bigger ideas. When we…
We are at the 24-hour restaurant at the Royal Singi Hotel, Kathmandu. This is my third time at the hotel, and twice in the past two weeks. The hotel staff greets us warmly with a ‘welcome back’. Since the workshop venue is on the 7th floor of the hotel, some…
The invite: ‘You run innovation workshops, Deepa? Have you worked for ….? Call … He is our client and a wonderful person. They want to run an innovation workshop.’, texts my client-friend Zia. I have just boarded the flight to Sydney and my heart skips a beat. Its a client I’ve…
Being a researcher is about curiosity. It is about building rapport with a stranger. Its about willingness to explore and go on an adventure on the landscape of a new person. A story is hiding in the most unlikely places. Be interested and the person opens up the treasure chest of…
~ Smita Arora, Sanjana Ramani, Deepa Soman A particular group of people that is identified as the intended recipient of an advertisement, product, or campaign is called target group or audience. A target group is a particular group of people that a product or service is intended to reach. It becomes a crucial…
~ Aparna Khadilkar, Tanvee Dixit, Deepa Soman [caption id="attachment_442" align="alignright" width="249"] Stimulus for colour[/caption] Stimulus is something that evokes response viz., action or exertion or quickens action, feeling, thought. Stimuli in research are any materials or items used as an aid along with discussion guide to gain responses that allow…
A friend in Singapore sends me an email survey. She is invited to speak at an HR Conclave and is gathering data on succession planning. I am intrigued enough to reply on a Saturday morning while on vacation: Do you think about succession planning in your company?Yes. All the time!…
We were in conversation with Rashmi Bansal, our Learning Monday guest. 'Shine Bright’ on ‘intrapreneurship’…
~ Vedashree Patankar and Deepa Soman When Deepa writes that our Learning Monday session on…
“How” to “Wow” ~ Deepa Soman The Beginning: We are at a client meeting in…