Summary Of Recorded Video Conversation In this insightful interview on the CEO Show, Nick Vaidya hosts John Scully, the former CEO of Apple and Pepsi, renowned for his marketing prowess and entrepreneurial leadership. Scully reflects on his journey, sharing valuable lessons about innovation, blind spots, adaptive innovation, and the changing landscape of business and […]
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By Chuck Swoboda A Wired article once dubbed innovation “the most important and overused word in America.” And, still today, it seems that the more we say the word, the less we actually do it. But it doesn’t have to be that way. Innovation is the “great equalizer”. It not only gives underdogs a chance but oftentimes, it gives
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One of the toughest parts of being a leader is giving and getting feedback. Without feedback no one knows where they stand. Input from those involved is a must-do when it comes to overall performance and productivity. Today is feedback day. Conduct casual one-on-one interviews with team members—from those who contributed heavily first, to recognize
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A New York Times Best Seller, The Creative Act: A Way Of Being written by Rick Rubin, who is a multiple-Grammy-winning record producer is not exactly a business book. But entrepreneurs are creators too or at least need to be creative in their thinking and outlook, as must be all leaders. So this is a
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The United States has long been the gold standard for global talent. For decades, the H-1B visa has served as the primary gateway, connecting U.S. companies with the world’s brightest minds in technology and engineering. But a new policy—an unprecedented $100,000 annual fee on new H-1B petitions—could be the most dramatic shift in U.S. immigration
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QU6kf4NWqQ&t=21s Summary In this insightful CEO Show interview, Tiger Tyagarajan, CEO of Genpact, shares the remarkable evolution of the company from its origins as a back-office process outsourcing unit for GE Capital in 1997 to a global leader in digital transformation and business process management. Tiger elaborates on how Genpact has diversified beyond simple
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOlB7Y5Stkc Summary In this extensive interview, Dr. Kalsa, a renowned yoga researcher from Harvard Medical School, discusses the scientific foundations, benefits, and evolving research landscape of yoga and meditation. Addressing skepticism about alternative medicine, he explains that yoga research is still in its infancy but presents compelling evidence for yoga’s positive effects on physical,
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piaA6LnP-uw Summary The video explores the elusive nature of success and the factors that differentiate highly successful individuals from those who possess similar intelligence and knowledge but do not achieve comparable outcomes. It challenges the common assumption that intelligence alone drives success, highlighting instead the importance of mentorship, the ability to manage ambiguity, and
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Dr. Alan R. Zimmerman, Leadership Consultant and author of the “Payoff Principle” In the old world of work, it was all about taking orders. People were expected to park their brains, shut their mouths and work their forty hours a week. In the new world of work, it’s all about engaging people. President John Quincy Adams
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Pipeline Inversely Proportional to Performance One thing I’ve noticed that I’ve always found fascinating is that often the size of the pipeline displayed is inversely proportional to performance. Over and over we see completely underperforming reps who report 2 to 5x the pipeline listed by the quota busting reps. It’s as if they believe they
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Genchi Genbutsu, The Ultimate ERP and Metrics Based Reporting System Toyota Productions Systems, (TPS) leadership and their employees refer to it as genchi genbutsu. It is one of the most important and powerful analytical tools available to the executive today. What is it., and how can executives use the tool to help them improve their
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Recently a seasoned salesperson admitted that he is experiencing Sales Call Reluctance. He shared that he has been wildly successful and unstoppable until recently. A shift in his industry has thrown him for a loop. He’s developed a viable plan for a new market, but he is frankly “afraid to pick up the phone.” Let’s
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Many widely popular ideas initially were so incredibly unpalatable that they were rejected outright. George Bernard Shaw once said something to this effect: new ideas find resistance in our psyche because they go against intuition. It’s natural. If someone told you to drink blood soup, you’d recoil. It sounds abhorrent. That’s how the human mind
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