Dog. Tail. Wag.
I used to be a member of a small lending library called ‘A to Z’ in Saibaba Colony in Coimbatore, while in school in the 90s. The owner used to observe the kind of books I pick and make contextual recommendations on…
Category: opinion
“I want to keep a low profile” vs. Personal branding
Before I prepare for a corporate personal branding workshop (usually for the CXO/management team, or a select set of employees), I seek inputs from some of the participants so that I take into account the participants’ most pressing concerns or worries or…
Removing ‘friction’ from India’s COVID-19 vaccination program
Part 2 of this post: A lot has been written about . A related situation we are facing today is with the COVID-19 vaccine. The BIG difference: lack of time to conceive and launch a concerted campaign. Ideally, the conception should have…
Campaigns against PR and ad agencies
Porter Novelli is one of the world’s largest PR firms and belongs to the Omnicom Group. In November 2020, they announced, in response to a query from The New Yorker that, “Porter Novelli is committed to regularly assessing evolving issues, the science…
What would you tell your future self?
If you were to meet your future self (say, from 2034) what would you tell her/him? Yes, I’m aware that almost every single movie on time travel tells you to stay away from your future or past self to avoid a ‘paradox’….
Internet and moderation
A recent research paper concluded that American Twitter users are adding political words to their bios at a higher rate than any other social identity and that they are now more likely to describe themselves by their political affiliation than their religious…
The mystery of the Swedish communications manager
In September 2020, the Swedish magazine focused on the healthcare industry, Dagens Medicin (Today’s Medicine), reported about Skåne County (Skåne province in Sweden) was being sued by the Swedish healthcare company Vårdinnovation for breach of contract. The news report said that Skåne…