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DECEMBER 10, 2014

Nek Chand Rock Garden in Chandigarh, India is a true marvel of creativity and innovation. Built by Nek Chand Saini , a self-taught innovator, Rock garden is one-of-its-kind sculpture garden in Chandigarh which almost looks like a miniature of an ancient kingdom spread over forty acres.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2015

To keep up with the change, businesses try to diversify into newer areas, build products and services to cater to new market needs and innovate.

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DECEMBER 31, 2014

Constant improvement (and innovation) in products and processes is one of the ways to maintain positive momentum. As a leader, if you are not making forward progress, you are already moving backwards. Leaders have to maintain constant positive momentum towards achieving the vision and goals of the team.

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JANUARY 16, 2019

Differentiation in career and innovation always happens where two disciplines intersect. And many years later, his understanding of calligraphy inspired beautiful typography in Apple products. One more element of lifelong learning is having a multidisciplinary approach to work. He nailed it when he said that dots eventually connect.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

And I believe it can be as productive as – and even more energizing and fun than – focusing on failure. When we recognize what we did to help generate the positive results, we can replicate the productive steps and even teach others. Success is rarely the product of a one-man show.

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AUGUST 10, 2010

Your products/services have to first meet the basic criteria of delivering the value that client is seeking. Does your product/service meet the core expectation of the customer? The customer get’s delighted only when a company goes the xtra mile or creates a WOW moment through their products and services for the customer.

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JULY 27, 2010

So, quality is a moving target – each time a customer comes back to you, you need to deliver similar or better quality (of products, services and experience), you need to demonstrate improvement, care enough about them, stay on top of market trends and keep changing the rules of the game (innovation). Thanks for the comment!

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2015

[Tanmay Vora] The book has a chapter on building culture of innovation. What advice would you share with a CEO who is struggling to build a culture of innovation? Adams] First, kudos for recognizing the importance of innovation. After all, if you’re not constantly innovating, you’re falling behind your competition.

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AUGUST 17, 2010

When we research or try to innovate, we essentially do that with the objective of learning. On a second thought, you can only innovate when you don’t have to worry about doing the routine stuff right. Unless you are in research and innovation where experimentation/exploration is the name of the game. Enjoyed this.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2016

Research says that the rapid pace of work is taking a huge toll on our ability to focus, be productive, remain engaged and be creative. From a cognitive perspective, being one second ahead provides a clear edge in effectiveness and productivity. Tanmay Vora] We certainly are in middle of a productivity crisis at work.

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JANUARY 21, 2010

Checklists help in controlling quality of the products in verification stage. People get blinded so much by checklist that they stop innovating, experimenting and learning. Checklists are indispensible in a business setting, specially when dealing with production systems that demand consistent outcomes. " My Learning?

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JUNE 30, 2021

I think that the best learning, the most inventive/innovative form of learning does not happen when you look at ROI because the moment there is an ROI established for any learning initiative is when that learning has probably become a commodity. Here are some of the key quotes/thoughts from what I shared on the podcast: On Learning.

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DECEMBER 8, 2009

Your thinking, approach, method, statements and actions are your tools to ensure that they derive the “right” meaning that helps them become more engaged with their work, be more productive and stay motivated. Toxicity in words, deeds and thoughts of leaders builds an organization culture that is very difficult to unwind.

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JULY 2, 2013

Most businesses today are talent driven businesses – skills and competence of people developing products and providing services is at the core of an organization’s differentiation strategy. The only way to thrive in a competitive environment is to constantly expand people’s capability to deliver and innovate.

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MAY 31, 2015

Roadblocks in the form of established processes, drive for productivity/speed over quality, mindset of what worked in the past – Sahana Chattopadhyay. Thinkers at all levels; Empowered and engaged employees who can see their impact on bottom line,Transparency,Respect,Innovation – Gurpreet Bajaj. – Tanmay Vora.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2010

They spend long hours over the years to understand, study, apply and innovate ideas in this core area. In my experience, the key to remain innovative in your core area is to find an ‘alternative’ – a creative pursuit that you love, that is different from your normal work and where you spend at least a few hours in a week. Need A Boost?

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AUGUST 3, 2010

So, apart from visible figures (top line, bottom line, productivity, defect rates etc) what are the invisibles that play a huge role in determining performance of a business? However, planning for and managing these invisibles makes all the difference in an organization’s performance – more so in service and knowledge oriented world.

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