Pushing Beyond the Obvious

In this episode, we host Lakshman, who heads the innovation practice for the consulting division of SAP, based in India and also a visiting faculty at the Hasso Plattner Institute, Potsdam, Germany.  In this conversation, we talk about the importance of defining the right problem to solve, as the first step in any innovation practice. Lucky also shares his views on how to build a practice capable of being able to innovate on a consistent basis. We also talk about Design Thinking, its history, the key components of this philosophy and how we can use this to solve complex problems. […]

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Welcome to episode number 4 of “Pushing Beyond the Obvious”. In this episode, we have with us Bob Thompson, CEO & editor of www.customerThink.com, the biggest online community about customers and customer centricity.

Bob has recently released his book #HookedOnCustomers. We shall talk to him today about what does customer centricity mean and everything that goes along with it.

We talk about

This chat provides some very good insights if you want to or already are on your journey to becoming customer centric.

Hope you enjoy the chat.

You can connect with Bob on www.hookedoncustomers.com or www.customerthink.com.

Welcome to episode number 4 of “Pushing Beyond the Obvious”. In this episode, we have with us Bob Thompson, CEO & editor of www.customerThink.com, the biggest online community about customers and customer centricity. Bob has recently released his book #HookedOnCustomers. We shall talk to him today about what does customer centricity mean and everything that goes along with it. We talk about The fact that most customer centric organizations are such, because their operational fabric is such that they do listen to their customers and act upon it and this is not part of a special program or a project. […]

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In this episode, we host Meron Bareket, the host of  “Inspiring Innovation Podcast” and the person behind the Inspiring Innovation Podcast Incubator, where he walks through all the steps that one needs to go through to set-up and start a podcast of their own. I am bringing this podcast to you by following his instructions as well. We had a very interesting conversation about entrepreneurship, his journey from making software to how he got a job at the local Israeli radio, his iPad only magazine –“Inspiring Innovation” and his current role as the host of “Inspiring Innovation” podcast. He also […]

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This is episode No 2 of “Pushing Beyond the Obvious”. Today, we host Sunder Madakshira, who heads marketing & communications at SAP in India. He was recognized as “The Marketing Thought Leader” by Stars of the Industry Awards, constituted by the ABP group in Feb 2014. We had a very interesting conversation about the role that marketing can and should play, both internally and externally. He also shares a lot of interesting insights about the importance of building a personal brand; some do’s and don’ts about how you go about building your personal brand. He also shares some insights on […]

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I had earlier announced that I will launch my podcast shortly. Today, is the day when I would like announce the launch of “Pushing Beyond the Obvious” podcast. This is the first episode of the podcast. In this episode, I talk about what this podcast is about and whom is it relevant for. This podcast is relevant to you if: You are an entrepreneur or a CEO You are a manager responsible for sales, marketing, innovation or strategy function in your organization. The podcast provide you insights and strategies on how to push the boundaries of the following functions: Sales […]

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This is episode No 2 of “Pushing Beyond the Obvious”.

Today, we host Sunder Madakshira, who heads marketing & communications at SAP in India. He was recognized as “The Marketing Thought Leader” by Stars of the Industry Awards, constituted by the ABP group in Feb 2014. 

We had a very interesting conversation about the role that marketing can and should play, both internally and externally.

He also shares a lot of interesting insights about the importance of building a personal brand; some do’s and don’ts about how you go about building your personal brand.

He also shares some insights on leadership and the role of leaders.  

You can find more about Sunder and connect with him @ http://www.madakshira.com/

This is the 1st episode of "Pushing Beyond the Obvious" podcast.

In this episode, I talk about what this podcast is about and whom is it relevant for.

This podcast is relevant to you if:

The podcast will be about getting insights on how to push the boundaries of the following functions:

The format of the show will be a combination of solo episodes where I share my experience and thoughts and interviews where I host successful practitioners and thought leaders in these fields and learn gain insights from them. 

I am extremely excited about the journey and I hope you shall join me in the ride.

I also believe that the podcast shall play a small but an important role in your success, whatever it is that you set out to do.

If you like the episodes, please share your love by rating the podcast, writing reviews and sharing this with your friends and colleagues. 

You can provide your feedback or questions by writing to me at [email protected]