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Visual Thinking : Essential Tool for Strategy & Execution!

It is very useful to communicate visually so that the audience appreciate, accept and act accordingly. But the difficulty many of us face is in thinking visually!

In every strategy related discussions, it becomes important to paint the picture of tomorrow in a compelling fashion and then find a way to complete it with specific actions.

To help achieve the objective of putting together a cohesive, executable strategy, all stakeholders should be engaged thoroughly in the act of drawing the picture, first.

Design thinking and visual thinking tools & methods help a lot in achieving this purpose. One of the very useful formats is to just use plain paper or a white board and draw a story.

Business on the back of a Napkin provides an insight into the art and science of visual thinking.

Explore, Experiment and Engage your audience (including yourself) in visual thinking for best utilization of everyone’s expertise in a structured, counter-intuitive manner!

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Gracious Stardom!

Some of us always wanted to be stars – of some kind, at some part of our life. I’m sure none of us deny at heart that we don’t mind being a star of something – at least for some time, even today!

In any working environment, we look up to a few folks who we feel are star performers. We judge them to be so, by what they have accomplished. We try to at least follow them, if not emulate in own styles and opportunities.

If you are a successful leader, some of your employees definitely consider you a star. Why not? You are the boss. You have climbed a few more steps than those folks. Your words, actions and results inspire them. Accept it.

The responsibility that comes with this unintended status is hard to ignore. These employees expect and look forward to opportunities to talk, interact and just listen… at least for a few minutes a week or even a month! They eagerly wait.

The time you spend with them is not what matters. You spending that time, matters the most.

People tell and show you in their own subtle ways that you are their star. When you recognize, you have a serious action on hand –  to inspire, reinforce, reassure, motivate, and even help them aim for greater things in life.

Beware. The higher you rank, greater is this responsibility.

Does not matter whether you are a famous celebrity or not! You are a star in the eyes of some of your employees; some time, your peers too!

Be gracious with this stardom!

It mattered to us in every step of our journey. It will matter to all!

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